MyName birth registration campaign
Mobilising sport in Africa for universal birth registration: web brochure
Highlights
UNICEF’s MyName campaign aims to generate continental mobilization for universal birth registration in Africa, using the power of sport. This includes working with some of the continent’s leading football stars to showcase how registration and identity has empowered their path to success.
Tremendous progress has been achieved over the past decades throughout Africa. Enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 7 and 8), and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Article 6), the right to be recognised as a person before the law is a critical step in ensuring lifelong protection and may be a prerequisite for exercising other rights. Out of the 164 million children under the age of five years old worldwide without birth registration, more than half (around 91 million) live in Africa. Without substantial progress, the total number of unregistered children in Africa will continue to rise and will easily exceed 100 million by 2030.
The campaign brochure details the challenge and the opportunity for birth registration in Africa, with key messages from the My Name campaign.
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