Civil Registration in Asia and the Pacific: Ensuring Rights for Women and Girls

Event: Gender, Voice, and Agency: Multilateral Development Bank-Sponsored Workshop

Civil Registration in Asia and the Pacific: Ensuring Rights for Women and Girls

03 June 2014

Author / Speaker:

Kristen Wenz, United Nations Children's Fund - Email the author | Other materials by the author

This presentation emphasizes the importance of civil registration—birth registration—in enabling access to health care, education, or financial entitlements, especially for women. It also enjoins support for "A Decade for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for 2015-2024 in Asia and the Pacific," as declared by UNICEF.

Geographical Focus:

Regional - Asia

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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