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Presentation Outline
Birth Registration: A Child’s Right
Dr. Susan BissellAssociate Director, Programme DivisionChief, Child ProtectionBangkok, Thailand 18 April 2013
• 200 million children under 5 are not registered
• 51 million children born in 2007 were not registered at birth
• 1/4 developing countries with available data have a birth registration rate below 50%
DATA
Birth registration is more prevalent among the richest 20% of households (2011)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% -
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Togo
Percent children registered at birth (2003-2009)
GN
I/ca
pita
per
yea
r (U
S$)
No correlation between GNI and registration levels
Developing countries (exclud-ing China)
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia and Pacific (exclud-ing China)
Middle East and North Africa
Latin America and Caribbean (excluding Mexico and
Brasil)
CEE/CIS
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
47
35
35
71
76
89
96
47
35
35
72
75
90
96
GirlsBoys
Percentage of children under 5 who are registered by sex and region
Percent decline in the proportion of children under 5 who are registered, Cote d'Ivoire, 2000-2006
Percentage of change
No decrease
Less than 25% decrease
Between 25% and 50% decrease
More than 50% decrease
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia India Ethiopia0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100100
95
46
94
41
7
68
64
Geographic areas with the highest level of birth registration National Prevalence Geographic areas with the lowest level of birth registration
Percent of children under 5 who are registered
Lao - Children living in household where the household head speak Lao
Lao - Children living in household where the household head speaks Khamu, Mong and other languages
Turkey - Children of households speaking Turkish
Turkey - Children of households speaking Kurdish
Vietnam - Kinh/Chinese
Vietnam - Other ethnic groups
Georgia - Georgian children
Georgia - Non-Georgian children (Azerbaijani, Armenian and others)
Suriname - Children of households speaking Dutch
Suriname - Children of households speaking an indigenous language
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
79
63
97
86
92
69
94
82
98
89
Percentage of children under 5 whose birth was registered by ethnicity
Birth registration provides the child with a formal proof of name, existence and age: supports protection and security for children by preventing:
child marriageunder-recruitment to armed forces
child labourtrafficking
illegal procurement of childrenbeing tried and sentenced as adults
statelessnessfamily separation
Passport to Protection
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Birth registration
Net
pri
mar
y sc
hool
att
enda
nce
- fem
ale
Birth registration and school attendance in West and Central African coun-tries
Liberia
Gabon
Access to services
global picture and trends On the positive side… global trends
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Birth registration and BCG vaccinationin West and Central Africa
Birth registration
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n va
ccin
ated
aga
inst
BCG
UNCRC Article 7: “the child shall be registered immediately after birth”
• right and responsibility of the State
• governance and planning
• free and universal
• birth certificates
A Child’s First Right
Barriers
SUPPLY DEMAND
policy and legislation knowledge and incentive
economic opportunity cost
infrastructure and human resources
distance
political aspect of choice
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