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Sex Discrimination in Laws Affecting Personal Status of Women

Sex discrimination in personal status laws negatively impacts the ability of women to conduct various aspects of their daily lives. The discrimination goes beyond family law and marital relations to prohibit rights to confer citizenship, travel, participation in public life, etc.

Country	Title -- Click to Learn More	Law Type	Law Status	Action
Bahrain	Decree Law No. 12 Amending Bahraini Citizenship Act of 1963	Citizenship	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Brunei	Brunei Nationality Law No. 4 of 1961, as amended by S 43/00 and S 55/02	Citizenship	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Monaco	Law No. 1155 on Nationality (December 18, 1992) as amended by Law No. 1276 (December 22, 2003) and Law No. 1387 (December 19, 2011)	Citizenship	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Togo	Ordinance No. 78-34 of 7 September 1978 establishing the Code of Togolese Nationality	Citizenship	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
United States	The Immigration and Nationality Act	Citizenship	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Swaziland	Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005	Citizenship	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Iran	The Islamic Penal Code of 2013, Books I, II and V	Evidence	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Pakistan	The Qanun e Shahadat Order, 1984 (Law of Evidence)	Evidence	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Philippines	The Revised Penal Code as amended by Act No. 10158 (March 27, 2012)	Prostitution	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action
Saudi Arabia	Fatwa on Women’s Driving of Automobiles (Shaikh Abdel Aziz Bin Abdallah Bin Baz), 1990	Travel	Discriminatory law in force	Take Action