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Legal identity for all: Why we need to link CRVS and ID management systems
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Proof of legal identity is one of the most important things you can own. It unlocks access to basic services and empowers you to exercise your rights. It helps you open a bank account, claim benefits -
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Four ways CRVS systems can support the UN Sustainable Development Goals
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]A civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system records important life events, such as birth, death, marriage, and divorce. It connects this data with health information to produce vital -
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Why CRVS systems are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]CRVS systems are essential for monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to eliminate poverty and improve lives everywhere. The data generated by a well -
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How civil registration can protect and empower women and girls
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Civil registration is the recording of important events in an individual’s life—including birth, death, marriage, and divorce. Everyone benefits from an effective civil registration system. It helps -
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Refugees are more vulnerable without civil registration and ID. How can we help?
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Civil registration and identity documentation (ID) can lower the barriers and risks that refugees face. Birth registration provides proof of a child’s name, place of birth and identity of parents -
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Counting on Each Other: How can we fight the spread of COVID-19 when half of deaths worldwide go unrecorded?
[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]The article is part of a series in which OECD experts and thought leaders address the COVID-19 crisis, discussing and developing solutions now and for the future. It aims to foster the fruitful -
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When there are no records of women and girls: the ripple effect
[International Development Research Centre]The quality of a country’s vital statistics has a bearing on women and girls, who are more vulnerable to poverty, early marriage, and exploitation. Without an effective civil registration and vital -
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How death registration supports the rights of women and girls
[International Development Research Centre]To save the lives of women and girls, we need to register — and count — every death, regardless of geography, race, nationality, wealth, or social status. Just like birth and marriage registration -
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Marriage and divorce certificates: Tools for women’s empowerment
[International Development Research Centre]Statistics about vital life events such as births, deaths, marriages, and divorces reside in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. When they function well, these systems are -
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Birth registration is the basis for advancing gender equality and children’s rights
[International Development Research Centre]Many people take their birth certificate for granted. It is an unremarkable bureaucratic certainty in many lives, tucked away in a drawer or filing cabinet until it’s needed to obtain a driver’s -
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Making the Invisible Visible: How Strong CRVS Systems Can Empower Women and Girls
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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Leaving No One Behind: CRVS, Gender, and the SDGs
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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Harnessing CRVS Systems for the Gender Related SDGs: Opportunities and Challenges
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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The Costs and Benefits of CRVS as a Tool for Women’s Empowerment
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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The Life-Course Approach to Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: a Crucial Tool to Advance Gender Equality
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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Linking National ID and CRVS Systems: an Imperative for Inclusive Development
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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Empowering Women and Girls Through Civil Registration Systems
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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Learnings from the Knowledge Brief Series on Gender and CRVS
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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Q&A: Why CRVS systems are critical for gender equality
[Devex]Gender equality cannot be achieved unless women are accurately represented in country data, said Irina Dincu, senior program specialist at the Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital -
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The case for data: How CRVS systems can help improve gender equity
[Devex]Investing in civil registration and vital statistics systems can yield big returns for governments, especially those with the most stretched budgets. Live, well-managed, and intelligently used -
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eLearning course for improving civil registration and vital statistics systems
[Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition]An evalution of the eLearning course for CRVS that was launched in May 2017 discussing how the course has been developed, disseminated, and evaluated thus far. It also presents the challenges faced -
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Synthesis Brief: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Africa: How civil registration and vital statistics systems supported an emergency response
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]A synthesis brief on how CRVS systems supported an emergency response to COVID-19 in Africa. This synthesis brief is one of a series of briefs summarizing the key findings of nine technical papers -
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Technical brief: Maintaining civil registration resilience amid the COVID-19 crisis: Tanzania’s one-step birth and death registration processes
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]A country brief that looks at how reforms to Tanzania’s CRVS system have minimized the impact of COVID–19 lockdown measures on service delivery. This country brief for Tanzania is part of the -
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Technical Brief: Maintaining civil registration resilience amid the COVID-19 crisis: Mozambique’s vital events notification system
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]A country brief exploring Mozambique’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on its CRVS system, including the government’s reduction of civil registration services. This country brief for -
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Technical Brief: Building resilient civil registration and vital statistics systems amid COVID-19: Namibia as a good practice
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]A technical brief that looks at the resilience of Namibia’s National Population Registration System during its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This country brief for Namibia is part of the
Our Resource Library provides access to curated resources related to CRVS systems, including research, tools, publications, CRVS eLearning course, our Expert Talks video series, and a glossary of terms and definitions.
A CRVS system is one that connects relevant data from the civil registry and the health information system for the purpose of producing vital statistics. In order to function well, CRVS systems depend on common elements. These are featured under a unique section of our library. Examples include resources that focus on training, assessments and evaluations, identity management, data security and privacy, information and communications technology, and more.