THE Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) strongly urges the Malaysian government to withdraw its appeal in the Suriani Kempe case and grant Malaysian women equal citizenship rights with immediate effect.
Sept 9, 2021, marked a momentous day for Malaysia when the Kuala Lumpur High Court, in Suriani Kempe & Ors v Government of Malaysia & Ors, ruled that women can confer citizenship on their overseas-born children on an equal basis as men.
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