Qatar's Permanent Residency Law a Step Forward but Discrimination Remains

Expand Women and children enjoy the waterfront along the Persian Gulf in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2011. © 2011 Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Emir of Qatar recently signed a flurry of laws, including one allowing children and spouses of Qatari women married to non-Qataris to acquire permanent residence status. While a step forward, the law falls short because it doesn’t allow the children and spouses of Qatari women to obtain citizenship – and therefore access to a Qatari passport – on the same basis that children and spouses of Qatari men can. While the discriminatory laws have long plagued women…

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