Bahrain Women’s Union Supports New Legislations to Protect Women
On the occasion of the Bahraini Woman’s Day, 20 December 2009,
the Bahrain Women’s Union issued a statement in which it vowed to
strive towards the issuing of the second section of the Family Law
concerning the Shia. The statement called for the amendment of the
nationality law to allow Bahraini women married to non-Bahrainis
the right to pass their nationality onto their children, based on
the Constitution which treats citizens equally. The statement also
stressed that it was important that Bahrain ratify the Optional
Protocol of CEDAW and the speedy issuing of a law protecting against
domestic violence as well as the ratification of the ILO Convention
No. 183 on the respect of motherhood and the rights of working women
in the private sector, ensuring a fair maternity leave for women
in order to perform their familiar duties and protecting them from
discrimination on the basis of pregnancy or breast feeding.
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