Good Practices Brochure: Stateless Women and Girls laws5. In November 2014, the #IBelong Campaign was launched to bring about global collaboration to end statelessness within 10 years.6 Also, it directly advances target 16.9 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration. Ending statelessness also contributes to SDG targets related to gender equality, education, work and health, among others.7 The United Nations SecretaryGeneral has provided guidance to the United Nations system on institutional arrangements to improve its coordinated response to statelessness.8 At the eightieth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 23–25 March 2021, the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), representing a wide range of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), delivered the NGO Statement on Asia and the Pacific.9 The statement urges UNHCR and States in the region to address the severe ongoing rights violations affecting refugees, especially women and girls. It also highlights that in order to sharpen the gender focus of a response, it is important to consider the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and other (LGBTIQ+) people alongside those experienced by women and girls. This brochure aims to provide practical guidance on including stateless women and girls in humanitarian programming and coordination by highlighting five case studies that illustrate good practices and examples in humanitarian settings. The NGO Statement on Asia and the Pacific emphasizes protecting and access rights for displaced and stateless women and girls and gender-diverse people. Their participation in the risk and impact assessments and COVID-19 response plan is essential to be inclusive and gender-responsive. 5 https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=search&docid= 54f8377d4&skip=0&query=Action%203:%20Removing%20Gender%20 Discrimination%20from%20Nationality%20Laws 6 https://www.unhcr.org/ibelong/ 7 https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/58b6e3364.pdf 8 https://www.refworld.org/docid/5c580e507.html 9 https://www.icvanetwork.org/ngo-statements-delivered-unhcr-standingcommittee 4

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