Legal Identity, Gender and Migration: Understanding Barriers to Access
Abstract
Access to legal identity is essential for inclusion, rights and protection. Yet, millions of people, especially women and girls, face persistent barriers. Legal Identity, Gender and Migration: Understanding Barriers to Access, explores these challenges in global and local contexts. The report highlights how gaps in legislation, institutional obstacles, digital divides and entrenched social norms can exclude women and girls. Based on desk research and case studies from three countries, Tunisia, Morocco and Nigeria, the report reveals how legal, cultural and economic factors hinder access to civil registration and identity documents. The study emphasizes the necessity of gender-responsive reforms, targeted awareness campaigns and inclusive digitalization efforts.
