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Lebanon: Women's day underscores citizenship rights proposal

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The Daily Star Lebanon
International Women's Day may have passed quietly for most people, but all Lebanese - men and women - may soon have reason to celebrate if MP Ghinwa Jalloul's proposal to extend the citizenship rights to women succeeds.
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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=22809
Submitted on Sun, 03/26/2006 - 01:00
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  • Lebanon
  • Law reform
  • [law] general

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