ChaChapter 1: Nationality and Statelessness of registration is compounded by contexts such as migration or family separation.12 At the same time, a whole population category may be identified as being at risk of statelessness following an analysis of the nationality law which reveals particular gaps: for instance, where women are not entitled to transmit their nationality to their children, any child who is born to a national woman and a stateless or absent father is at risk of statelessness. In this manner, it is possible to identify and discuss solutions for situations which may lead to statelessness, without waiting for them to run their course. This makes the notion of “at risk of statelessness” a helpful tool for analysis which is also used, where relevant, in this report. 1.2 Terminology Unlike in English, Spanish13 or French14, in Arabic there is no specific word for “statelessness”.15 The terminology which is widely used in Arabic translations of international documents and reports relating to 12 - UNHCR, Conclusion on Civil Registration, No. 111 (LXIV)-2013, 17 October 2013. 13 - Apadridia. 14 - Apatride. 15 - Arabic is not unique in this – there are other languages which have also never developed a specific term for statelessness. See, for instance, G. Gyulai, Statelessness in the tower of babel – how do you say stateless in your language? European Network on Statelessness, 20 June 2012, available at: http://www. statelessness.eu/blog/statelessness-tower-babel-%E2%80%93-how-do-you-saystateless-your-language. 19