Botswana: Rights of residence or citizenship available to a man from Zimbabwe married to a female citizen of Botswana
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 23 June 2003 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BWA41652.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Botswana: Rights of residence or citizenship available to a man from Zimbabwe married to a female citizen of Botswana, 23 June 2003, BWA41652.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4d64e.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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There are no provisions in the 1982 Citizenship Act of Botswana with respect to the acquisition of Botswana citizenship by marriage to a Motswana woman (Botswana Aug. 1982). However, the following information may be of interest.
Additional information on the Dow's case is contained in a 1994 Human Rights Watch publication, "Botswana: Second Class Citizens: Discrimination Against Women Under Botswana's Citizenship Act," available at Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Amnesty International. Winter 1999.Tim Ledwith. "The Journey of Unity Dow: Activist Turned Judge Makes Her Mark on Botswana High Court." Botswana. august 1982. Citizenship Act, 1982. Human Rights Watch (HRW). September 1994. Human Rights Watch/Africa. Human Rights Watch Women's Project. Vol. 6. No. 7. "Botswana: Second Class Citizen: Discrimination Against Women Under Botswana's Citizenship Act." New York: Human Rights Watch.
United Nations (UN). November 1998. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). "Bringing Equality Home: Implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)." United States (US). March 2001. Office of Personnel Management, Investigations Service. Citizenship Laws of the World. Africa Confidential
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series
Amnesty International
Botswana, Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Country Reports 1999-2002
High Commission for the Republic of Botswana, Washington, DC
LEXIS/NEXIS
Internet sources, including:
Africa Online
AllAfrica.com
Search engines:
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