Philippines: Birth Registration Opens Doors For The Badjaos

Philippines: Birth Registration Opens Doors For The Badjaos   Alma Muhammad, a 40-year old Badjao mother in Barangay Mambaling has seven children and only one was registered upon birth. She herself does not have a birth certificate. The launching of the birth registration at Alma's barangay has opened doors for her and the other Badjao mothers for their children to go school.   This is a common situation in most Indigenous People’s (IP) communities such as the Badjaos. In their norms, they do...

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