Irving, Helen --- "Citizenship and nationality" [2017] ELECD 848; in Irving, Helen (ed), "Constitutions and Gender" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 387

Book Title: Constitutions and Gender

Editor(s): Irving, Helen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784716950

Section: Chapter 14

Section Title: Citizenship and nationality

Author(s): Irving, Helen

Number of pages: 24

Abstract/Description:

This chapter begins in section 14.2 with an overview of the history of women’s marital nationality laws. In section 14.3 it considers the impact of these laws on women’s lives, followed in section 14.4 by a discussion of the campaign for their repeal. Section 14.5 contains a brief account of the international community’s response. Section 14.6 reflects on women’s nationality/citizenship today, explaining the ways in which women have still not achieved full equality, despite the (almost) worldwide acceptance of the principle of equal and independent nationality.