2012-03-08 13:41 A UNHCR survey has found that unequal treatment of women in nationality laws affects most continents of the world. At least 25 countries maintain nationality laws that do not allow women to confer nationality on their children.
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Statelessness in Kyrgyzstan
2012-03-08 13:49
Fotograf/Källa:UNHCR / A. Zhorobaev / December 2010
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Sadakhan’s infant son (middle) suffers from epilepsy. But she is stateless, which means she cannot work or claim benefits, and that in turn means she cannot afford to take the three-year-old to see the doctor or pay for medicine. “When an attack starts and I have no medicine, I just hold my son tight in my arms. It does not help to treat his condition, but at least I am with him . . .”
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