SEPT 9, 2021, marked a momentous day for Malaysia when the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that women can confer citizenship to their children on an equal basis with men (“Landmark decision on citizenship”, The Star; online at bit.ly/star_mothers).
This is a landmark decision as it acknowledges the suffering that many Malaysian mothers worldwide have endured for decades on end – from unequal access to healthcare and education of our children in our home country to the splitting of family units and multiple costly immigration runs to renew our children’s visas.
