The Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) has proven to be nimble, adaptive, and innovative as an institution. For instance: the CoE quickly learned from early challenges in offering ...

Without civil registration women and children, particularly girls, face a vicious cycle of vulnerability and exclusion from social services and civil rights. Lack of birth registration leaves women and children vulnerable ...

In low-income countries, poor women are less likely to have legal status and identity (ID) documents. This deprives them of the ability to claim political, social, and economic rights. Linking national ID registers with ...

This document provides a summary of the meeting convened by the Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, 2018). Its goal was ...