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“The grievances of the plaintiffs are real … the discrimination is apparent,” Justice Akhtar Tahir said, reading out his ruling in the landmark case against discriminatory citizenship laws back on the 9th of September 2021.In this episode, we spoke to Bina Ramanand who co-founded the Foreign Spouses Support Group Malaysia and is the Lead Coordinator for the "Malaysian Campaign for Equal Citizenship", Melinda Anne Sharlini who is a gender justice advocate and the programme manager for Family Frontiers and, Shamila Unnikrishnan, a Malaysian currently residing in Nairobi, Kenya on their experiences and journey to achieving gender-equal citizenship laws in Malaysia.Listen on for a story written by our very own Diana Yeong and the riveting discussion with Bina, Melinda and Shamila.