Nationality laws do not allow mothers to confer their nationality on their children with no, or very limited, exceptions. • Brunei Darussalam • Iran • Kuwait • Lebanon • Qatar • Somalia • Eswatini Nationality laws deny mothers the right to confer nationality on their children on an equal basis with men, but have some safeguards against statelessness. • Bahrain • Burundi • Iraq • Jordan • Kiribati • Liberia • Libya • Nepal • Oman • Saudi Arabia • Sudan • Syria • Togo • United Arab Emirates G E N D E R D I S C R I M I N AT I O N A N D C H I L D H O O D S TAT E L E S S N E S S Nationality laws deny mothers the right to confer nationality on their children on an equal basis with men, but have some safeguards against statelessness. Nationality laws also deny fathers the right to confer nationality on their children born outside of legal marriage on an equal basis with women under the same circumstances. Nationality laws deny mothers the right to confer nationality on their children on an equal basis with men but provisions ensure that statelessness will only arise in very few circumstances. • Mauritania • The Bahamas • Barbados • Malaysia 7