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How can statelessness be addressed and how has citizenship made a qualitative difference in the lives of formerly excluded groups? This document examines these issues and examines the barriers that still prevent individuals from the full enjoyment of citizenship. It concludes that citizenship is beneficial not only for individuals but for states too.

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What are the challenges facing the development of African media?: ( Berger G. (ed) / Media Institute for Southern Africa , 2011); The 1991 Windhoek Declaration on Press Freedom was a landmark document which set the stage for the development of the African media. The Declaration calls for a free, independent and pluralistic me...
Protecting human rights: how can national human rights institutions and civil society work more effectively together?: ( J. Kishan;S. Awori;Z. Abugov / Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative , 2011); The realisation of human rights relies on several factors. Most important, however, is the consistent determination of governments to respect human rights and adhere to democratic governance. The r...
Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice: ( L Turquet / UN Women , 2011); What are the legal frameworks in place to ensure women’s rights and access to justice? How do these laws translate into equality in practice? What interventions are needed to make justice a real...
A review of the poorly performing policy and institutional framework of the fisheries sector in Malawi: ( B. Chinsinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2008); This paper presents issues for consideration in the development of a proposal for possible funding to address the policy and institutional framework for the fisheries sector in Malawi. It is based on ...
Investigating the quality of Civil Society participation in the PRSP process in Malawi: ( W. Chirwa;R. James / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2002); Malawi is not simply government-owned, but developed in cooperation with other stakeholders, and particularly those directly affected by or working to address poverty. In this way, policy and planning...
Does Malawi have a capacity to respond to and Manage HIV/AIDS?: ( N. Kadowe;R. Kamanga / , 2005); UNDP in collaboration with the Government of Malawi formulated a Programme Support Document (PSD) for a five-year programme from 2002 to 2006 for Capacity Development for National Management of the HI...
Are Malawians involved in key decision making processes?: ( B Chisinga / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2003); There is little doubt that one of the most momentous policy events within the development community at the beginning of the previous decade was the return of poverty on the international development a...
Community participation in Malawian development: ( L. Manyozo / Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa , 2005); The introduction of multiparty politics in 1993 in Malawi resulted in political and social reforms, which centred on media diversity, freedom of expression and participatory development, all o...
Community involvement in government decision-making processes in Malawi: ( B. Chinsinga;H. Kayuni / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2008); This situation analysis of community development in Malawi is a product of the fieldwork that was carried out in nine districts across the country as an intermediary input in the task of developing a ...
What influences people's voting behaviour in Malawi?: ( N. Lawton / Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi , 2003); Malawi became a sovereign state on July 6th 1964. Its first president was Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who ruled the country from independence until May 1994. Under Dr. Banda the only political party...