ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report is a publication of the CESF Consortium, and was made possible through the collective effort of all Consortium
members: Bairska Svetlina (North Macedonia); Citizenship Affected Persons Network (Nepal); Central Asia Network on
Statelessness; Council of Minorities (Bangladesh); Development and Justice Initiative (India); Dominican@s por Derecho platform
(Dominican Republic); Elom Initiatives (Malaysia); Family Frontiers (Malaysia); Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion; Iskul
Sama diLaut Omadal (Malaysia); Musawi (Pakistan); Nationality For All; Nubian Rights Forum (Kenya); Oummal (Lebanon); Phiren
Amenca (Montenegro); the Rohingya Women Development Network (Malaysia), SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights
(Kuwait) and United Stateless (United States).
The report was drafted and edited by Amal de Chickera, Georgia Field, Grant Mitchell, Ottoline Spearman, Stefania Tantimonaco
and Vera Karanika. Additional editorial input and review by Laura van Waas. Design and layout by Alena Jascanka. Finance
information was compiled by Mark van Waas. We are grateful to Hasfar Tameesuddin and Sabine Larribeau, for evaluating the
model and work of the CESF and sharing lessons learnt for ISI, Consortium partners and donors. Cover photo by Camylla Battani
@unsplash.com
All chapters benefited from inputs, material and review of the following CESF Consortium members and partners, who also
answered a questionnaire, provided case studies and reviewed the full report: Allison Petrozziello; Andrew McIntosh; Arjun Kumar
Saah; Ashley Walters; ASCALA; CEDESO; Azizbek Ashurov; Beneco Enecia; Bilkuin Jimisali; Binda Pandey; Bridget Wooding;
Chuah Ee Chia; Deepti Gurung; Delah Annik; Denis Dzhivaga; Drewery Dyke; Elvis Beriša; Enidah Mulsid; Erika Dvorakova;
Fatuma Afisi; Jefry Musa; Khairul Atim; Khalid Hussain; Mallika Balami; MOSCTHA; MUDHA; Najiba Shirinbekova; Neha Gurung;
Nevenka Kap Kapičić; Nourine Fadel; Nubian Elders; OBMICA; Pauline Gauche; Phiren Amenca field workers; Rahmat Mosa;
Ratnapriya Sinha; Ravi Hemadri; Reconoci.do movement; Remzi Medik; Saba Banu; Sabin Shrestha; Sushma Gautam; Sami
Haddad; Serdar Malikovski; Shafi Ali; Sharifah Shakirah; Shima Manan; Shukhrat Ganiev; Subin Mulmi; Sujauddin Karimuddin;
Suraj Hazzare Dahal; Uzurdjan Malikovska and Yabesh Adhikari; Yassah Kimei; Zahra Khalid; Zena Musa.
With special thanks to CESF Committee Members - Anne-Sophie Lois; Avila Kilmurray; Claire Thomas; Deepti Gurung; Dick
Oosting; Jawad Fairooz; Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough; Monica Sanchez Bermudez; Mustafa Mahmoud; Oluseyi Bajulaiye;
and Sam Wolthuis for their invaluable support and for generously giving their time and expertise to help shape the Consortium,
review applications and participate in the mid-term review and evaluation during the wrap up stage. Thank you also to Rebecca
Yang, graduate student of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, for working with CESF members to further unpack the
nexus between statelessness and health equity; and to Deneisha Moss, Vera Karanika, Kavipriya Thiruselvan, Elizabeth Hood and
Angelika Sevastaki for undertaking further consultations with CESF members on statelessness and education.
We are deeply appreciative of the continued support of our funders: AJWS; DLA-Piper; Dunn Family Foundation; Oak
Foundation; OSF; Sigrid Rausing Trust and Stichting Weeshuis Der Doopsgezinden. The speed with which donors made
emergency funds available, the flexibility attached to such funding (with in many cases, greatly simplified and reduced reporting
requirements) and the willingness to take a risk on the CESF Consortium were all critical to the CESF’s success.
THIS REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE MANY PEOPLE WE KNOW AND DON’T KNOW, DOING UNSEEN WORK,
AMIDST GREAT CHALLENGES AND INSECURITIES, WITH LITTLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR REWARD.
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