How civil registration can protect and empower women and girls
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2021
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Civil registration is particularly important to women and girls, because it can help balance out gender inequalities. This brief report covers areas of particular concern for girls: child marriage; access to education; inheritance laws and rights; access to banking; and civil and political rights.
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GIRLS, CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, CRVS, VITAL STATISTICS, CHILD MARRIAGE, CITIZENSHIP, BIRTH REGISTRATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, DATA COLLECTION, HEALTH POLICY, LEGAL IDENTITY, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, GLOBAL SOUTH