Collective Action
Women protest for right to pass citizenship to their children
Hundreds of women and children gathered in Riad al-Solh Square in Downtown Beirut Friday to protest a law that forbids Lebanese women to pass their citizenship onto their children. The sit-in was organized by the “My nationality is a right for me and my family” campaign which holds an event annually around Mother’s Day.
This year, with the May 6 parliamentary elections approaching, the campaign adopted the slogan, “My vote = my right,” insisting that only candidates that support women’s rights will get their vote.
They held posters that read, “with my rights,” followed by a list of candidates and politicians that support their cause, while a list of those who do not were written on a poster headlined, “against my rights.”
Date:
March 17, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Campaign
Mode of Action:
Sit-in
Objective:
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Solidarity with minorities (sexual, ethnic, migrants etc)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Access to socio-eco rights
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics:
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency:
One off