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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Women in many countries face discrimination in registering children at birth warn UNHCR and UNICEF

Women in many countries face discrimination in registering children at birth warn UNHCR and UNICEF

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published Published on Jul 7, 2021   modified Modified on Jul 15, 2021

-The United Nations Refugee Agency

GENEVA / NEW YORK – A joint report released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), shows that in many countries women can face discrimination which obstructs or hinders their ability to register births, exposing their children to the risk of becoming stateless.

The latest analysis in the report “Sex Discrimination in Birth Registration” found that such barriers may exist in legislation or cultural norms which inform birth registration practices.

In some countries it is fathers or another male family member who are assigned the legal responsibility of registering a child’s birth and mothers can only do so in exceptional circumstances. If the father does not register the birth, the child may go unregistered.

In some settings, doctors, midwives, or tribal chiefs who attend a child’s birth are prioritized over the mother in the list of community members who have the right to register the birth.

In addition, there are countries where a mother’s legal right to register her child’s birth depends on her ability to prove that the child was born in wedlock, typically requiring a marriage certificate.

“Critical to preventing childhood statelessness is the ability of both parents to register the births of their children. Preventing women from having equal rights to do so risks leaving a child without a crucial form of legal identity and proof of entitlement to a nationality,” said Grainne O’Hara, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection.

Today, one in four children under the age of 5 are not registered at birth, according to UNICEF data. And even when they are, they may not have proof of registration. An estimated 237 million children under 5 years old worldwide are currently without a birth certificate.

A birth certificate serves as evidence of a child’s eligibility for nationality by proving the country in which they were born, and by documenting the identity of their parents. 

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UNHCR, 7 July, 2021, https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2021/7/60e5a7064/women-countries-face-discrimination-registering-children-birth-warn-unhcr.html


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