Portraying excellence in CRVS : inspirational stories of leaders - Emmy K. Hudson - to help people and her country
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2021
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Hudson worked with the Law Reform Commission in Tanzania to amend the outdated civil registration law, coordinating stakeholders and informing members of parliament on the proposed changes. A new law was passed in September 2019, ensuring that parents can register their children close to home, at no cost, thereby removing financial and distance barriers to registration. The bulletin provides a profile of leaders in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems. Until recently (2009), civil registration was embedded in Tanzania’s colonial legacy, enshrined in the Births and Deaths Registration Act enacted in 1920. Under that Act, the registration of Africans was not compulsory.
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French version available in IDRC Digital Library
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Bulletin or Newsletter
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COLONIALISM, CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, CRVS, CITIZENSHIP, BIRTH REGISTRATION, DATA COLLECTION, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, HEALTH POLICY, LEGAL IDENTITY, COUNTRY STUDIES, LEADERSHIP, TANZANIA, SOUTH OF SAHARA