The Minister of Welfare announces that the proposal to grant citizenship to the children of Syrian women has reached the approval stage and confirms that legal identity issues will be addressed. Details: The Minister of Welfare and Labor, Hind Kabwat, emphasized that special attention is given to families, mothers and widows struggling to ensure a fair life for their children, and warned that the lack of documents exacerbates the risks of statelessness and marginalization of children, especially in cases of displacement and the absence of a father. Kabawat announced, during a speech at the high panel discussion on legal identity in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, that the proposal to grant citizenship to the children of Syrian women married to non-Syrian men has reached the approval stage. She explained the work to implement administrative, legal and legislative reforms to address children's problems related to identification cards, in addition to the aspiration to allow every mother to give her children the right to belong to their homeland. She explained that legal reforms alone are not enough to satisfy communities' need for basic services, and pointed to work to restore communities that were isolated from state institutions and reintegrate them into government services. She noted that complete data on the number of children affected is not yet available, and emphasized the ongoing need for additional work to monitor and address these issues. She welcomed the return of the Kurds who were denied their identity by the previous regime, and emphasized the efforts to ensure that they enjoy all their rights, duties and national dignity. She reaffirmed the shared responsibility towards the children who stayed in Al-Hol camp, and emphasized that security considerations, although necessary, should not be at the expense of the child's identity and basic rights.

The Minister of Welfare announces that the proposal to grant citizenship to the children of Syrian women has reached the approval stage and confirms that legal identity issues will be addressed. Details: The Minister of Welfare and Labor, Hind Kabwat, emphasized that special attention is given to families, mothers and widows struggling to ensure a fair life for their children, and warned that the lack of documents exacerbates the risks of statelessness and marginalization of children, especially in cases of displacement and the absence of a father. Kabawat announced, during a speech at the high panel discussion on legal identity in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, that the proposal to grant citizenship to the children of Syrian women married to non-Syrian men has reached the approval stage. She explained the work to implement administrative, legal and legislative reforms to address children's problems related to identification cards, in addition to the aspiration to allow every mother to give her children the right to belong to their homeland. She explained that legal reforms alone are not enough to satisfy communities' need for basic services, and pointed to work to restore communities that were isolated from state institutions and reintegrate them into government services. She noted that complete data on the number of children affected is not yet available, and emphasized the ongoing need for additional work to monitor and address these issues. She welcomed the return of the Kurds who were denied their identity by the previous regime, and emphasized the efforts to ensure that they enjoy all their rights, duties and national dignity. She reaffirmed the shared responsibility towards the children who stayed in Al-Hol camp, and emphasized that security considerations, although necessary, should not be at the expense of the child's identity and basic rights.