India claims to effectively meet SDG 16.9 of legal ID for all, expands authentication methods
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the agency that implements the country’s Aadhaar identity system, claims to have reached…
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 calls for legal identity for all people worldwide, including birth registration, by 2030.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the agency that implements the country’s Aadhaar identity system, claims to have reached…
Jamaica has launched what it calls ‘Operation Birthright,’ a campaign intended to issue free birth certificates to as many as…
September 16 will be the fourth International Identity Day, and marks a significant jump in the numbers of organizations supporting…
September 16 is International Identity Day, in recognition of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 16.9. The Goal is to provide…
Countries around the world appear to be making some progress on their efforts of meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development…
Dozens of civil society organizations and individual human rights advocates say digital ID programs “regularly” erode human rights. Signatories to…
Off the southern tip of India, the island nation of Sri Lanka is making birth certificates digital ID documents. At…
The latest episode of the ID16.9 Podcast produced by Biometric Update focusses on how involved private sector companies and other…
Civil registration and vital statistics registries are critical tools for governments to understand the populations they are trying to serve;…
Erstwhile Policy Advisor and Program Manager for Legal Identity at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Niall McCann says despite…