The rights of Libyan women who are married to non-Libyans and their children

This video was produced by "I am a Libyan Woman, but my Child is a Foreigner" Association in their advocacy campaign for the rights of Libyan women who are married to non-Libyan nationals and their children. According to the Libyan nationality law (24/2010), Libyan women cannot grant their children Libyan citizenship. therefore, those children are considered foreigners. Only Libyan men have the right to pass their nationality to their children. This video tells us that although mothers give almost everything to their children, they cannot give them the Libyan nationality they deserve. Worse than that, those women lose many of their civil rights as citizens once they marry a non-Libyan; they cannot vote or receive social assistance from the government.  

Article (1) in the Libyan constitution project, says that Libyan citizens have equal rights and cannot be discriminated against based on their gender, color,  language or ethnic origins. Article (2) immediately contradicts article (1) when it says that "a person is considered Libyan if they are born to a Libyan father." 

We notice here that Libyan women do not enjoy the same rights as Libyan men when it comes to granting their children Libyan citizenship. Libyan nationality is granted to Libyna men's children, even if those children are born to a non-Libyan mother, immediately, and it is a right that is granted by the constitution, whereas children of a Libyan woman from a non-Libyan national must apply for Libyan nationality and might be granted to them by law, which means if the minister of justice or the minister of interior wanted approves that application. 

Libyan women should have the same rights as citizens like Libyan men.