2. Discrimination and other issues affecting women’s ability to register the births of their children Children play in the Friendly Space for Childhood located in the Portete shelter, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador © UNICEF/Santiago Arco. B AC KG R O U N D N O T E O N S E X D I S C R I M I N AT I O N I N B I R T H R E G I S T R AT I O N 7

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