Universal birth registration as a catalytic children’s development tool [Sierra Leone]

Hanciles, Cecilia, Ralph Wilson and Paul Massaquoi. 2018. Universal birth registration as a catalytic children’s development tool. IN: CTA. 2018. Experience capitalization: Insights on rural development in West Africa. Experience Capitalization Series 3. Wageningen: CTA: 52-56.

To improve the rights of unregistered children and young people in Sierra Leone, Plan International has developed a birth registration tool to enable age and identity verification for this vulnerable group. Today, the young participants of the project are accessing their age-appropriate privileges, such as being able to attend school and getting to vote.