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The Identification for Development Agenda: Its Potential for Empowering Women and Girls

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dc.contributor.authorDahan, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorHanmer, Lucia
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-21T21:36:40Z
dc.date.available2015-10-21T21:36:40Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractGender inequality and related issues remain a major global challenge, particularly for developing countries. Despite considerable progress on gender equality over recent decades, key gender gaps remain in endowments (health and education), in access to jobs and economic opportunities, and in voice and agency. Lack of data limits ability to assess gender gaps and measure progress toward eliminating them. Successfully addressing the incompleteness of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems can help fill some of these vital data gaps. In addition, having official personal identification (ID) is an important stepping-stone for women and girls - enabling them to access services, claim their entitlements as citizens, and increase their voice and agency through participation in voting and other politics. Global initiatives such as identification for development (ID4D) promote opportunities to provide women with access to foundational documentation such as birth certificates and expansion of other ways to establish their legal identity. In addition, better data resulting from personal identity registration will advance gender equality policy discussions and planning. This paper examines rates of male and female registration for national identities globally to identify key registration constraints and gaps. The authors find no systematic evidence of gender-based gaps in birth registration; rather, evidence suggests that poverty, social exclusion, and geography may constrain birth registration of both males and females. Drawing on case studies and national-level data, the authors next examine outcomes in specific policy areas: access to financial services, access to social protection schemes, and inclusion in electoral roles and voting. Here, the evidence suggests, adult women face gender-specific barriers in getting ID, sometimes related to inability to obtain foundational documentation such as birth certificates.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25058588/identification-development-id4d-agenda-potential-empowering-women-girls-background-paper
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/22795
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22795
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectWOMEN LEADERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL NORMS
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subjectHEALTH OF WOMEN
dc.subjectMARRIED MEN
dc.subjectRELIGIOUS REASONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFORMED DECISIONS
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
dc.subjectSPOUSE
dc.subjectADVOCACY EFFORTS
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DECLARATION
dc.subjectPRESS RELEASE
dc.subjectETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectGENDER PARITY
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectSELF-CONFIDENCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectPOLICY SERIES
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSINGLE MOTHERS
dc.subjectGAP BETWEEN BOYS
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
dc.subjectINEQUITIES
dc.subjectCONSENSUAL UNIONS
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectHUMAN SECURITY
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
dc.subjectNEWBORNS
dc.subjectCAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subjectEQUAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINFLUENCE OF WOMEN
dc.subjectFACT SHEET
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectCITIZEN
dc.subjectECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectADOPTION
dc.subjectFORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectGENDER NORMS
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITIES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectMORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectMARRIAGE
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectORPHANS
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectGENDER ISSUES
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSTATUS OF WOMEN
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF ADULTS
dc.subjectUNIONS
dc.subjectEDUCATED MOTHERS
dc.subjectCHILDBIRTH
dc.subjectLIVES OF WOMEN
dc.subjectGENDER GAPS
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectMIDWIFE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
dc.subjectACCESS TO JOBS
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectWHO
dc.subjectADOLESCENT GIRLS
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY POLICY
dc.subjectEMPOWERING WOMEN
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectBIRTHS
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectSELF-ESTEEM
dc.subjectNEWSLETTER
dc.subjectDISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subjectENHANCING WOMEN
dc.subjectEQUALITY POLICY
dc.subjectPOPULATIONS
dc.subjectMOTHER
dc.subjectCOMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY
dc.subjectPOLICY
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectHUSBANDS
dc.subjectBABIES
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectADULT WOMEN
dc.subjectGLOBAL AGENDA
dc.subjectMINORITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectSEXUAL HARASSMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectUNMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectRESOLUTION
dc.subjectEQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectLACK OF KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectLEGAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subjectVITAL STATISTICS
dc.subjectPOPULATION
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL LAW
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectMATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectREGISTRATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
dc.subjectCOMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectCIVIL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectPREGNANCY
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.titleThe Identification for Development Agendaen
dc.title.subtitleIts Potential for Empowering Women and Girlsen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.date.disclosure2015-09-17
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T09:28:38.945982Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Public Sector Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25058588/identification-development-id4d-agenda-potential-empowering-women-girls-background-paper
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okr.sectorInformation and communications
okr.themeFinancial and private sector development :: Infrastructure services for private sector development
okr.themeSocial dev/gender/inclusion :: Gender
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information and Records Management
okr.unitGTIDR ICT - ECA/EAP/LCR/SAR (GTI09)
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