Mozambique: – Government to Register 15 Million Undocumented Women

Maputo — The Mozambican Justice Ministry intends to register and issue birth certificates and identity cards to about 15 million women.

According to Justice Minister Helena Kida, who announced the measure in Maputo on Tuesday, at the official launch of the National Campaign for the Registration of Women, Girls and Children, in Maputo, about 70 per cent of women in the country have no identity documents.

In addition to issuing birth certificates and identity cards free of charge, the Mozambican…