Our Work
We build connections between affected communities and civil society allies, fostering safe, brave spaces for dialogue, storytelling, and joint advocacy. Centering those directly impacted as movement leaders, we use our lived experiences to challenge state power, dismantle systemic discrimination, and fight for legal recognition and equal citizenship worldwide.
Our Aims
We aim to realize a world free from discrimination where the human right to a nationality is universally upheld. By addressing the root causes of statelessness and empowering affected individuals, we seek to inspire deep understanding, drive systemic legal reform, and secure lasting social transformation that benefits all humanity.
Our Pervious Work
Beyond Borders, Building Power Together: Stateless and Refugee Movements in Solidarity
Global Refugee Forum and R-Space
At the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in December 2025, the Global Movement Against Statelessness convened a dynamic participatory workshop titled “Beyond Border, Building Power Together: Stateless and Refugee Movements in Solidarity”. The session brought together GMAS and refugee-led organizations, activist sand allies to explore how stronger collaboration can advance the rights and inclusion of communities affected by statelessness, displacement and migration.
The Black Box: Statelessness and the Hidden Harms of Digital ID
In June 2026, the Global Movement Against Statelessness in collaboration with regional statelessness networks - the Pan African Nationality Network (PANN), the Southern African Nationality Network (SANN), the Eastern African Nationality Network (EANN), the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), the Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness (REDANA), and the Statelessness and Dignified Citizenship Coalition - Asia Pacific (SDCC-AP) - took participants inside the “black box” of digital ID.
SALAM DHR Report: “Kuwait: Stateless by Decree - End Kuwait's Harmful Citizenship Stripping Crisis.”
In November 2025, the Global Movement Against Statelessness (GMAS) contributed to a report by SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights titled “Kuwait: Stateless by Decree - End Kuwait's Harmful Citizenship Stripping Crisis.” The report was published amid an unprecedented citizenship-stripping campaign in Kuwait. Since September 2024, the Kuwaiti government has reportedly revoked the citizenship of up to 200,000 people.
What the World Misses when it doesn't understand statelessness
There is a moment that many stateless people know well. It comes when someone asks for a passport, a birth certificate, a national ID card, or proof of nationality. For most people, these are routine documents, bureaucratic details of modern life. For a stateless person, that simple request can unravel into a conversation far more complicated than anyone expects.
Global Statelessness Fund Accompaniment Program and the launch of the GMAS Advocacy Lab
As part of the Global Statelessness Fund (GSF) Accompaniment Program, GMAS has been proud to contribute to a collaborative effort aimed at strengthening the leadership, resilience, and long-term sustainability of organizations led by people directly affected by statelessness and discriminatory nationality laws. The Accompaniment Program complements GSF’s flexible grantmaking by providing tailored support, peer learning opportunities and capacity strengthening initiatives that respond to the priorities identified by grantee partners themselves.
Carrying Forward: Stateless Activists Connect Across Generations and Borders
In July 2025, the Global Movement Against Statelessness (GMAS) convened a powerful community conversation titled "Carrying Forward: A Cross Border Conversation”. Bringing together stateless activists, advocates and community members from different generations and regions, the event created a space for reflection, learning and solidarity rooted in lived experience.
My Freedom, My Future: Stateless Youth Rising
In November 2025, the Global Movement Against Statelessness hosted "My Freedom, My Future: Stateless Youth Rising," a youth led community call that placed the voices, creativity, and leadership of stateless youth at the center of the conversation. Held during the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the event explored the intersections between statelessness, youth leadership, gender inequality, discrimination, and freedom. Bringing together young people with lived experience of statelessness, activists, allies, and policymakers, the call created a dynamic platform for dialogue, storytelling, and advocacy.
Beyond Borders: Powerful Reflection from our March 2025 Community Call.
Community calls are far more than just scheduled discussions; they are spaces of profound connection, where voices that are often silenced or overlooks come together to share their stories, reflect on their journeys, and be recognized. GMAS’ March 2025 Community Call was a powerful testament to this, in which it brought together stateless individuals, advocates, and allies in a conversation that transcended borders and languages. In a world where statelessness too often results in marginalisation, this gathering stood as a bold act of recognition. It was a space where those affected could speak, be heard, and engage with one another in meaningful ways.