Colombian-American photographer and filmmaker Juan Arredondo turns his lens on the people of the world who do not have birth and death certificates — and how these vital records are created.
July 1, 2025. Sirajganj, Bangladesh Mothers who lacked birth certificates for themselves and family members hold up the newly obtained documents after a drive in Dhamainagar Union, part of a campaign to get people to register so they are eligible for social safety new programs.
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Significant gains in women education, digital access, and economic agency but social constraints persist, NFHS-6 finds
Photos of women risking death to give birth in Central African Republic
Larger message in NFHS numbers
Africa is the deadliest place in the world to have a baby, while its population booms
It is unfortunate that a nation of 1.4 billion still depends on a periodic survey to know how many of its infants die and how…
Destined to a perilous life with no right to an education or to vote, state recognition ‘gives them hope’, campaigners say
Millions around the world are living in the shadows as stateless people as they lack official papers.
The TOI correspondent from Washington: A California-based obstetrician of Indian origin who graduated from Secunderabad’s Gandhi…
The winning and commended projects from photojournalists working in Afghanistan, Gaza, India Mongolia, South Africa, Ukraine and…
Census 2027 is India's first fully digital Census and one of the largest data collection exercises in the world. But behind the…
