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New evidence about the socioeconomic impacts of statelessness emerges from a study of the Shona community in Kenya

unhcr.org Select Page 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.

New evidence emerges from study of socioeconomic impacts of statelessness – UNHCR Kenya

By Rebecca Ong  |  24 Dec 2020 Twenty-year-old stateless Shona woman, Nosizi Reuben Dube (right), talks to her mother Angeline outside their home in Kinoo, Kiambu county, Kenya. ©UNHCR/Anthony Karumba Poverty, illiteracy, being turned away at clinics. These are difficulties 44-year-old Angeline knows all too well. She was born stateless in Kenya and for most of her life, faced day-to-day challenges associated with lacking a national identity card. “I did not go beyond class two because my parents could not afford to keep me in school,” Angeline said, adding that though she has a chronic health condition, it is difficult getting treatment because she lacks an identity card which is needed to join the National Hospital Insurance Fund, a lifeline for many Kenyans when it comes to health services.

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