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50 Million Kids Without Birth Certificates

Categories: East Asia, Indonesia, Governance, Youth

Michelle Unwin highlights the need to provide birth certificates [1] to Indonesia's street kids. She cited a report which says that only nine to 22 percent of street children have birth certificates. Further, an estimated 50 million children in Indonesia do not have birth certificates which deprive them of the right to receive government services.