Migrants’ unpaid hospital bills a barrier to birth certificates in UAE
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Philippine national Maya and her husband lost their low-paying jobs in the United Arab Emirates early in the coronavirus pandemic, and with it their work visas and health insurance. Now they say they face a mounting bill of daily immigration fines because their one-year-old child remains undocumented, as the hospital where […]
Afghan women demand right to be named on children’s documents
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Afghan women could win the legal right to have their names on their children’s birth certificates and identity cards under a proposal to be presented to parliament, one of the country’s few female lawmakers has said. Naheed Farid, an independent lawmaker who chairs the parliamentary commission on women’s affairs, said she […]