choose the work that suits them, similar to men, without any restrictions preventing them from work at night. Right to Citizenship: 1.12 The government has taken some temporary measures and procedures to ensure gender equality with regard to granting nationality to the children of Bahraini women. For example, His Majesty the King grants the Bahraini nationality to the children of Bahraini women married to foreigners in some cases. In addition, Law No. (35) of 2009 was enacted regarding the treatment of children of Bahraini women married to foreigners as Bahraini citizens with regards to some fees prescribed for government, health, and education services and residence fees. However, this does not undermine the importance of having a legal framework regulating the issue of granting Bahraini citizenship to the children of Bahraini women on equal footing with Bahraini men, according to specific controls that take into account the sovereignty of the Kingdom on the one hand, and ensuring the entrenchment of the principle of equality on the other. Right to Education: 1.13 With regard to the right to education, the provisions of Education Law No. (27) of 2005 stipulate that education is a right guaranteed by the state to citizens. Accordingly, primary education (which begins at the compulsory age and lasts at least nine academic years) and secondary education (which starts after primary stage and lasts for three years) are free of charge in all public schools. In reality, registration priority in public schools is currently granted to Bahraini nationals and the children of foreigners employed in the government sector. Children of foreigners employed in the private sector are then considered for “Additional Information” Parallel Report of the National Institution for Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) © 2022 8