Global: Call to end statelessness

The Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) has joined with other civil society organizations to urge all UN Member States to accede to the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. 'Imagine living your life as a stateless person. You are not recognized as a citizen of any country. You have none of the basic government protections the rest of us take for granted. No passport, no drivers license, no way to marry legally, work legally or even register the births of your children and enroll them in school. As estimated 12 million people live in this very precarious situation,' says the WRC.