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UNHCR's help for displaced Zimbabweans produces tangible results
17 Feb 2010 ... After waiting for hours outside a government registry office in the eastern Zimbabwe town of Mutare, Florence Nawengo had just been given a birth certificate, which will enable her to get an ...... -
Birth certificates help cement rights for young refugees in Papua New Guinea
2 Dec 2005 ... PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, December 2 (UNHCR) - Doris Korodi, a 14-year-old refugee, is now the proud owner of something quite rare in this South Pacific nation - a birth certificate. That vital ...... -
Ensuring the rights of nomadic seafarers
25 Sep 2019 ... Few went to school, learned to read or write, or had citizenship. “Before, having a birth certificate was not relevant or a priority,” explains Wanita, now a grandmother in her 70s, as she sits ...... -
These indigenous seafarers were at risk of statelessness, until now
4 Nov 2021 ... 0 A birth certificate is something many of us take for granted. For thousands of Sama Bajau this document means they can finally prove they exist. Since 2019, a community outreach programme has ...... -
Legal Catch-22 leaves newborn child with citizenship "unknown"
29 Dec 2011 ... BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 29 (UNHCR) - "Mother and father Congolese, the citizenship of the child unknown," reads the entry for nationality on the birth certificate of Glody. The three-month-old boy ...... -
Birth registration gaps leave South Africans in limbo
10 Dec 2020 ... She is unsure because her birth in South Africa was never registered. Yet establishing her age is the least of her problems. Without a birth certificate, she risks becoming stateless because she ...... -
Free legal aid helps Kosovo communities
14 May 2013 ... war-time refuge in Germany, he discovered that his four daughters born in exile faced a formidable obstacle to a normal life: they lacked that simple but fundamental document, the birth certificate. ...... -
Volunteers boost Sama Bajau birth registration amid pandemic
4 Nov 2021 ... She has been a community volunteer assisting with birth registration efforts since 2019. A Sama Bajau herself, she went through a similar process to obtain a birth certificate and knows it can be ...... -
Concept Note: Expert Meeting on Belonging and Legal Identity
29 Mar 2016 ... Longstanding traditions in the Arab region recognize the right of all persons, and children in particular, to belong, to enjoy family life and unity, to have a name, an identity, a birth certificate ......