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Statelessness

Aren't We Forgetting Someone?

Nigel Chapman | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Child Rights, Unhcr, Statelessness, Plan International, Children, Birth Registration, United Nations, UK Impact, UK News
Nigel Chapman

We tend to forget that birth registration is a critical life event and that a birth certificate can make or break a child's future. Later in life, a birth certificate can help protect a child against forced marriage, child labour, premature enlistment in the armed forces or, if accused of a crime, prosecution as an adult.

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Rohingya Women: the World's Forgotten Plight

Tehmina Kazi | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Rape, Rohingya People, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cedaw, Julian Assange, Statelessness, Torture, UK Impact, World, Burma, UK Politics News
Tehmina Kazi

Back in Myanmar, rape has been used as an age-old weapon of war. Many Rohingya men have been killed or put into concentration camps, handing security forces further opportunities to assault women from the inside out.

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