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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)

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pita

per

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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

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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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aga

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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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