WHO WE ARE OUR PURPOSE CATALYSING CHANGE WITH AND FOR STATELESS PEOPLE! We work to collectively DRIVE CHANGE on statelessness through TRANSFORMATIVE FIELD-BUILDING, that is led by, accountable to and centres people who are impacted by the issue. We hold our core values at the heart of all we do to create change: We are the first and only global NGO dedicated to promoting everyone’s right to a nationality and the rights of all people impacted by statelessness. We envision a world in which everyone’s equal right to a nationality is upheld, and where the fulfilment of human rights is not defined by nationality or the absence of it. HUMILITY & KINDNESS The world is a deeply unequal place. The status quo perpetuates structural exclusion, thereby deepening power imbalances between privileged insiders and excluded outsiders. States wield disproportionate power to manufacture statelessness and to deny rights to stateless people. This is the reality we live in, and which we are fighting to shift. Our central ethos and commitment is to listen to, be accountable to and centre those directly impacted by statelessness, as we try to do so. Created by Alex Tai from the Noun Project TOGETHERNESS The ‘STATELESSNESS FIELD’ as we understand it, comprises a multitude of actors (individuals, informal groups, registered organisations, collectives, networks, movements, campaigns, agencies and funds etc.) that work to address statelessness at local, national, regional and global levels. We see our role as a catalyst for this global statelessness field, to transform it, maximize its impact and drive meaningful change. The two central and mutually reinforcing elements of our purpose are to: CREATIVITY STRENGTHEN AND TRANSFORM THE FIELD DRIVE CHANGE LEARNING TRANSFORMATION Stateless people experience the most extreme form of disenfranchisement: to be denied citizenship by every country in the world, including – and most devastatingly – their own. While statistics remain poor, in part due to their politicisation, at least 15 million people are estimated to be stateless, with the nationality of tens of millions at risk. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions are denied equal nationality rights. Through the abuse of excessive powers, states force upon these millions, an existence that is shaped by the structural exclusion they endure, causing the further erosion any political, social, economic or legal power they may have once wielded. 1. STRENGTHEN AND TRANSFORM THE FIELD: building a statelessness field that is stronger, more equal, diverse, connected, sustainable, resilient, strategic and effective; while also working to ensure that this field centres, is led by and accountable to those impacted by statelessness. If we are successful, our field will be collectively better equipped to challenge the manufacturing of statelessness and the denial of rights to stateless people. 2. DRIVE CHANGE: taking direct and joint action to challenge the manufacturing of statelessness and the denial of rights to stateless people, by challenging dehumanising narratives, growing scalable solutions, lifting up the work of others, and creating spaces for collective action. If we are successful, we will collectively unlock and accelerate progress towards rights and justice for those impacted by statelessness, precarious and unequal nationality rights. www.institutesi.org Attention by Alexander Skowalsky from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)