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Dictionary for Civil Registration and Identification
[Inter-American Development Bank]A technical dictionary of terms relating to civil registration and identification. -
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Toward Universal Birth Registration: A Systemic Approach to the Application of ICT
[Inter-American Development Bank and United Nations Children's Fund]This publication provides an analysis and checklists for the legal, administrative, and technological requirements for the use of information and communications technology for birth registration. -
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A Passport to Protection: A Guide to Birth Registration Programming
[United Nations Children's Fund]This handbook provides the background, general principles, and programming process for birth registration from notification to certification.
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Toward Universal Birth Registration: A Systemic Approach to the Application of ICT
[Inter-American Development Bank and United Nations Children's Fund]This publication provides analysis and checklists for the legal, administrative, and technological requirements for the use of information and communications technology for birth registration. -
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Birth Registration: The Key to Social Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean
[Inter-American Development Bank]This publication uses econometric analysis to shed light on the significant gaps between registered and unregistered children, and access to social services such as education and health.
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Birth Registration and Children's Rights: A Complex Story
[Plan International ]This study is an investigation of the benefits of birth registration for the individual and for the state based on a study of experiences in four countries: India, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Vietnam. -
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Dictionary for Civil Registration and Identification
[Inter-American Development Bank]A technical dictionary of terms relating to civil registration and identification. -
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Legal Identity for Inclusive Development
[Asian Development Bank]This publication provides compelling arguments for why legal identity is a prerequisite for inclusive development policies and projects. -
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Birth Registration and Armed Conflict
[United Nations Children's Fund]This report draws attention to the particularly precarious conditions for birth registration in areas of armed conflict.
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Birth Registration: Right from the Start
[United Nations Children's Fund]This book examines the situation of children whose births have not been registered by exploring obstacles to universal registration and identifying actions to combat late or non birth registration.
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Marrying Too Young: End Child Marriage
[United Nations Population Fund]Based on available data from 107 countries, this book provides compelling arguments for changing social norms in countries that still allow child marriages to take place. -
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Child Protection in Emergencies
[Save the Children]This book discusses child protection in emergencies, including the importance of birth registration.
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The Importance of Registering Births, Marriages and Deaths
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Why register births, marriages, and deaths? Nadya Kassam provides the answers in this interview. -
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Making Civil Registration Accessible to All
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]This interview with Nicholas Oakeshott from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees explains why access to civil registration and vital statistics systems is critical. -
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Strengthening National CRVS Systems Using Public Health Campaigns
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Nadya Kassam, formerly with the United Nations Children’s Fund, describes how linking birth registration with immunization or nutrition campaigns can dramatically improve birth registration. -
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Navigating the Digitalization of National CRVS Systems
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Digital technologies offer unique opportunities and challenges for civil registration and vital statistics systems. Learn about both in this interview with Edward Duffus of Plan International. -
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How the Government of Uganda Strengthened its CRVS System
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Find out how one Ugandan hospital allows new parents to leave with their child’s birth certificate in-hand. Gopalan Balagopal explains why this is an effective way to increase birth registration -
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Better Data for a Better World
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This animated video explains why CRVS systems are important for ensuring legal identity for all and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Recording vital life events such as birth, marriage -
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Boundless Potential
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This animated video explains why well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems are important for achieving gender equality. Recording vital life events such as birth -
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What if you didn’t have a birth certificate?
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]CRVS systems give people proof of their legal identity, age, and social relationships and enable access to essential public services including healthcare, education and social protection. -
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CRVS systems protect human rights and empower the vulnerable
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This video explains how strong CRVS systems protect human rights and support inclusive development for all. -
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Webinar: Visualizing the Invisible: Registering deaths and tracking mortality in the era of COVID-19
[Vital Strategies]In this World Data Forum 2020 session, learn from country experiences in counting deaths and tracking mortality during a health emergency such as COVID-19. Organized by Vital Strategies, the World -
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
[United Nations]Civil registration is a basic human right, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 6, "Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law."
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
[United Nations Children's Fund]Civil registration is supported by The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
[United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women]Civil registration is supported by The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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