A single missing document can erase a person's existence
In short: More than a billion people, primarily children, live without birth certificates. This video explores how the lack of legal identity creates a systemic barrier to basic human rights and outlines five strategies to fix it.
The absence of a birth certificate is framed as one of the most significant human rights violations of the modern era. Without this foundational document, individuals are often excluded from essential services, including healthcare and education.
Legal identity expert Kristen Wenz argues that registration is the gateway to protection. The presentation moves beyond identifying the problem to proposing five specific strategies to ensure every person can be officially registered and shielded by the law.
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