WUNRN
THE GIRL CHILD
Direct Link to Report:
UNICEF - Innocenti Research Centre -
2007
BIRTH REGISTRATION AND
ARMED CONFLICT
"Birth registration is defined
as the official record of a child's birth by the administration of the State.
It establishes a child's legal identity.
According to recent estimates, 36%
of all births are not registered, leaving more than 48 million children each
year without legal identity.
The purpose of the present study is
to examine more thoroughly the challenges encountered in birth registration
during emergencies.
The majority of countries with less
than 40% of children registered are war-affected or heavily indebted poor
countries, or both. It is no coincidence that unregistered children are likely
to be the ones most at risk when conflict occurs.
During armed conflict, the
challenges to universal birth registration are aggravated or severely
increased."
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