Newsletter February 2024
In 2023, Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs of the Solomon Islands (MWYCFA), in partnership with UNICEF, launched its revised Solomon Islands National Children’s Policy 2023-2028. The policy ensures that the rights of children are at the centre of development. To safeguard children from harm and exploitation, one of the strategies is to provide legal identity for all, including enhancing birth registration.
During times of conflict or natural disasters, it is often even harder to measure adult mortality…
To further support the ongoing strengthening of the Lao PDR CRVS system, ESCAP and UNFPA have…
ESCAP, in collaboration with the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA), and with the support of…
Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) and the UNDP Accelerator Lab (AccLab) have been working together…
This month, UNHCR, in collaboration with the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO),…
Congratulations to Tonga on their launch of their latest Vital Statistics report! This is Tonga's…
The Government of the Maldives has made a historic investment in the human and technical resources…
Following the passing of the fundamental Law on Civil Registration, Vital Statistics…
The UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the…
Sri Lanka recently initiated its digital birth certificates program, commencing with a limited…