Stories

Stories of how birth registration has changed people's lives and Plan's work on ensuring children all over the world are registered after birth.

	UK journalist wins top award for UBR story July 2010: A UK journalist has won a coveted international award for her report on Plan’s Universal Birth Registration campaign.
	Mass mobile registration in Cambodia Plan has worked with the government of Cambodia to register millions of children.
	Protection from trafficking Birth certificates provide valuable proof of identity which can save lives and protect children from trafficking
	Preventing early marriage in Bangladesh Thanks to birth registration providing proof of age, Plan has helped prevent early mariage
	Going from strength to strength in Bolivia birth registration in Bolivia is now available free of charge for children up to the age of 12
	Plan’s partnership work with UNICEF Plan and UNICEF have been working closely together to achieve universal birth registration
	Birth certificate for baby Isabel A joint project in Peru brought registration to remote areas, where many people did not have identity documents
	Latin America: giant step in registration battle Ex-Plan CEO, Tom Miller, joined government representatives and partners at the 1st Latin American Regional Conference on Birth Registration and the Right to Identity
	Campaign push in Egypt Egypt extended its two-week free registration period for newborns and removed the risk of a fine or arrest for late registration
	Helping to end child marriage in Bangladesh Since more girls had birth certificates, they could prove that they were too young to marry, helping them to stay in education.