Advocacy skill-building to raise awareness of statelessness
Challenge
Statelessness is poorly understood by the Italian public and academia, resulting in discriminatory policies and behaviours. This prevents stateless people from enjoying their rights, and is compounded by inadequate research and data on statelessness in Italy.
Solution
Unione Italiana Apolidi is equipping stateless people with enhanced advocacy skills to change the narrative on this issue, as well as partnering with Italian universities to organise seminars and essay competitions about statelessness in order to promote timely research and data on statelessness in the country.
Impact
Four stateless individuals will initially receive advocacy training – with others identified in due course – and 300 students across six universities will participate in research and essay competitions, resulting in greater visibility and understanding of statelessness.
Project impact
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