Mobilising this regional sport event, UNICEF with leading football players and the private sector have launched a campaign #MyName. Footballers such as Sebastien Haller, Kalidou Koulibaly and Aliou Cissé have explained through short videos that without birth registration, a child...

In alignment with organisational targets at global, continental and regional levels, and an overall child rights approach to the work, the UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa has placed the achievement of universal birth registration as one of...

As part of a series on use of technology, such as mobile phones, to help preserve identity – a webinar with leading experts was held on 9 March 2022 to discuss the challenges and opportunities for ensuring a legal identity...

The report reminds us that “society first acknowledges a child’s existence and identity through birth registration ». It then mentions that « of the 168 million unregistered children worldwide, more than half (around 96 million) live in Africa, nearly all of them...