2019 Statelessness & Citizenship Review 1(1) remove gender discrimination from nationality laws, policies and procedures. 95 It is working with UN Women, UNICEF, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (‘OHCHR’) and civil society members of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights to promote legislative and constitutional reform, engage in strategic litigation and build capacity of legal professionals and the justice sector. 96 The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights is comprised of local, regional and international NGOs, academics, civil society organisations, the aforementioned UN agencies and some likeminded governments. 97 Launched in 2014, it mobilises action through national and global advocacy, research and knowledge sharing. 98 The campaign highlights gender discrimination in nationality laws as one of the primary causes of statelessness, such as when children cannot acquire their parents’ nationality, or when a woman loses her nationality upon marriage to a foreigner. 99 Importantly, it also frames the issue as a violation of women’s rights, a factor contributing to gender-based violence, a cause of psychological distress and a hindrance to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (‘SDGs’). 100 INSTITUTE ON STATELESSNESS AND INCLUSION’S HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH The emerging epistemic community convened by the ISI considers statelessness primarily from a lens of human rights. 101 Building on the work of the former Statelessness Program at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, the ISI has brought together academics and practitioners working on statelessness around the world to strategically contribute to the emerging global movement. 102 According to its website, the ISI’s founders felt that ongoing efforts to give stateless persons a greater voice and more agency to influence this growing movement could be further strengthened. They also noted the clear need for an organisation that could help to bridge the divide between academic research, policy development and practice; and that could, through engagement with the arts, raise the profile of and provoke thought on the issue among a wider audience. The founders also felt that there was a need for greater dialogue, partnership and cross-fertilisation between the field of statelessness and those focusing on other forms of disenfranchisement; and that work on statelessness must be multidisciplinary, though underpinned by the international human rights framework. 103 In line with this vision, ISI’s working strategies include: research and academic engagement; networking and partnerships; empowerment; advocacy; information 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 ibid 13. ibid. ‘About Us’ (n 70). ibid. Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, ‘The Problem’ <https://equalnationalityrights.org/the-issue/the-problem>. ibid. Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, ‘Statelessness and Human Rights’ <http://www.statelessnessandhumanrights.org/> (‘Statelessness and Human Rights’). Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, ‘History’ <http://www.institutesi.org/about/history.php>. ibid. 148