Showing posts with label Uganda; Birth Registration; African Children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uganda; Birth Registration; African Children. Show all posts

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Millions Of World's Children Lack Any Record Of Their Births

In this Thursday, June 1, 2017 photo, Felista Namotovu, 26, right, gives the details of the birth of her son, Reyman Lubega, 3, center, to health worker Josephine Nakachwa, as Nakachwa goes door-to-door to check if parents have registered the births of their children, in the village of Kifuuta, Uganda. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Would a 15-year-old girl be married off by her parents in violation of the law? Would another girl, who looks even younger, get justice after an alleged statutory rape at the hands of an older man?
In this Wednesday, May 31, 2017 photo, Asimart Nakabanda, 15, whose child marriage was foiled at the planned wedding ceremony in a surprise raid by police, discusses the events in the village of Lwamaggwa, near Masaka, in Uganda. She now wants to go back to school to study. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)