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Digital birth registration

Approximately 1.1 billion people in the world today lack an official identity, meaning they are denied access to essential services and securities. Changing this reality is a challenge, but also an opportunity to reduce inequalities on a huge scale. Telenor is aiming to do just that, with technology that we and our partners have developed.

Couple holding a baby and registering the birth on the phone

Giving Pakistani children an identity

How can mobile technology play a vital part in reducing inequalities? Here’s how Telenor works with partners to provide official identities for Pakistan’s ‘invisible’ children.

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Children in Myanmar

Digitising birth registration in Myanmar

Following the success of a first-of-its-kind Digital Birth Registration pilot by Telenor Pakistan, Telenor Group and UNICEF announced in August 2018 that the successful mobile birth registration pilot will be scaled to Myanmar.

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Jeet and his family

Jeet’s story – a ‘Win’ for Digital Birth Registration

Meet Jeet. He is four years old and the first one in his family to be registered. With a name meaning ‘win’ he is set for a different path than his parents.

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Woman and her son looking at a mobile phone

How a woman and a phone change the world

In Pakistan, a group of women are doing work that has a positive impact long after their visit. They provide identities to unregistered children.

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