Every year millions of children are not registered at birth
A birth certificate protects children and gives them access to:
- education
- healthcare
- property, and more
Plan's campaign is ensuring more children receive birth certificates for:
- easier access to education & healthcare
- protection against child labour & child marriage
- defence against abuse & child trafficking
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Campaign fact
51,000,000 children a year around the world are not registered (UNICEF 2007)
Birth registration conference
Plan held a conference on universal birth registration on Monday 16 November 2009. For more information about the events of the day click here.
