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New evidence about the socioeconomic impacts of statelessness emerges from a study of the Shona community in Kenya
Jan 8, 2021
Co-authors: Melanie Khanna (UNHCR Chief of the Statelessness Section), Betsy Lippman (UNHCR Senior Advisor for Innovations and Partnerships), Florence Nimoh (UNHCR Associate Economist), and Sebastian Steinmueller (UNHCR Statistics and Data Analysis Officer).
Statelessness, the condition of people who have no citizenship, is a global phenomenon that negatively affects millions of people worldwide. The problem has not gotten the attention it deserves in part because data on statelessness is so weak. Most governments do not collect data on stateless persons, and as a result, there is no reliable global estimate of the number of such persons, although the figure of 10 million is frequently cited.
Understanding the Socioeconomic Conditions of the Stateless Shona Community in Kenya
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The 2019 Shona Socioeconomic Survey report studies data on Shona households living in and around Kenya s Nairobi and Kiambu counties. The Shona community is a stateless population with members originating from Zimbabwe and Zambia. This groundbreaking report is the first of its kind that compares stateless and non-stateless populations and is a result of continued efforts to resolve statelessness in Kenya. Produced with the support of the Government of Kenya, the report, which is based on the Shona Socioeconomic Survey and the Kenyan Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS), looks at how the stateless Shona community differ from the Kenyan population in household characteristics, housing conditions, education, employment, and consumption and expenditure. The survey was conducted over May and July 2019 and the report analyses data from 328 households.
Understanding the Socioeconomic Conditions of the Stateless Shona Community in Kenya 23 December, 2020 - 15:40
Country: Kenya Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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The 2019 Shona Socioeconomic Survey report studies data on Shona households living in and around Kenya s Nairobi and Kiambu counties. The Shona community is a stateless population with members originating from Zimbabwe and Zambia. This groundbreaking report is the first of its kind that compares stateless and non-stateless populations and is a result of continued efforts to resolve statelessness in Kenya. Produced with the support of the Government of Kenya, the report, which is based on the Shona Socioeconomic Survey and the Kenyan Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS), looks at how the stateless Shona community differ from the Kenyan population in household characteristics, housing conditions, education, employment, and consumption and expenditure. The su