105. See also, http://www.brasil.gov.br/cidadania-e-justica/2009/10/emissao-da-carteira-de-identidade-RG-e-gratuita-em-todo-pais. 106. See also, http://www.receita.fazenda.gov.br/Aplicacoes/ATCTA/CPF/. 107. See also, http://www.tre-rj.jus.br/site/servicos_eleitor/titulo/titulo_eleitor.jsp. 108. Information obtained through several interviews in October and December 2015 with Leilá Leonardos, General Coordinator for the Advancement of Civil Registry at Birth, Human Rights Office of the Presidency (formerly the “Secretaria de Direitos Humanos da Presidência da República” now the “Ministério das Mulheres, Igualdade Racial e Direitos Humanos”). See also, Wendy Hunter and Natasha Borges Sugiyama, “Documenting Citizenship: Contemporary Efforts Toward Social Inclusion in Brazil,” 2011, APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper, available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/ sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1899755. 109. Programs such as: Bolsa Família, BOLSA Escola, and Beneficio de Prestação Continuada. 110. See also, Wendy Hunter, “Making Citizens: Brazilian Social Policy from Getúlio to Lula,” Journal of Politics in Latin America 6, no. 3 (2014): 15–37, available at: https://journals.sub.unihamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/792, 23–25. See also, Kathy Lindert, Anja Linder, Jason Hobbs, and Bénédicte de la Brière, “The Nuts and Bolts of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program: Implementing Conditional Cash Transfers in a Decentralized Context,” Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0709, World Bank (Washington, DC: Rawlings, 2007, available at : http://siteresources.worldbank. org/INTLACREGTOPLABSOCPRO/Resources/BRBolsaFamiliaDiscussionPaper.pdf. 111. See also, Hunter and Sugiyama, op. cit.; Brill and Hunter, op. cit. 112. See more on the role of midwives in traditional births in Brazil: http://memoria.ebc.com. br/agenciabrasil/noticia/2012-06-17/mulheres-que-fizerem-parto-em-casa-devem-procurar-cartorio-para-emitir-declaracao; http://www.brasil.gov.br/governo/2010/06/governo-torna-obrigatoriaa-declaracao-de-nascido-vivo-para-todos-os-recem-nascidos; http://www.douradosagora.com.br/ noticias/politica/declaracao-de-nascido-vivo-podera-ser-obrigatoria-para-todos-os-recem-nascidos. 113. See also, Conselho Nacional de Justiça, Provimento No. 13, September 3, 2010, available at: http://www.cnj.jus.br/images/stories/docs_corregedoria/provimentos/provimento_13.pdf. 114. The law provides the possibility of only one parent being present, but if the father does the registration, he must present the child’s mother’s express consent for the registration or present a paternity recognition before the public notary. 115. Art. 50 of Law 6.015/1973. See also, http://www.tjdft.jus.br/acesso-rapido/informacoes/ perguntas-mais-frequentes/extrajudicial/nascimento. 116. Pereira Hill, “A desjudicialização do procedimento de registro tardio de nascimento. Inovações trazidas pela lei federal no 11.790/08,” Revista Eletrônica de Direito Processual 2 (2008), 123–25, available at: http://www.arcos.org.br/periodicos/revista-eletronica-de-direito-processual/volumeii/a-desjudicializacao-do-procedimento-de-registro-tardio-de-nascimento-inovacoes-trazidas-pelalei-federal-no-11790-08. 117. Article 7 of Decree 6289 states that the Special Secretariat for Human Rights determines national mobilization week annually as a period in which to develop joint and coordinated actions between the federal, state, and municipal authorities to guide universal access to basic civil documentation. BORN IN THE AMERICAS 97

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