3.0 Introduction…………………………………………………………………….…28
3.1 Research Methods…………………………………………………………..……...28
3.2 Research Scope…………………………………………………………………….28
3.3 Research Sample…………………………………………………………………...28
3.3.1 Hurungwe District……………………………………………………….28
3.3.2 Bindura District………………………………………………………….30
3.4 Research Guide………………………………………………………………….....31
3.5 Key informant interviews………………………………………………………….31
3.6 Focus group discussions.………………………………………………………......31
3.7 Research limitations………………………………………………………………..32
3.8 Report format………………………………………………………………………32
CHAPTER FOUR: RESEARCH FINDINGS……………………………………...34
4.0 Introduction…………………………………………………………………….…34
4.1 Attitudes and reasons for non-registration…………………………………34
4.2 Access to registration centres………………………………………………35
4.3 Legal framework………………………………………………………….. 35
4.4 Socio-economic factors affecting birth registration………………………..36
4.5 Social and cultural factors affecting birth registration……………………. 36
4.6 Gender considerations affecting or influencing registration……………….37
4.7 Constraining systems and procedures in Birth Registration……………….37
4.8 Decentralization of the Registrar General’s Office………………………..38
4.9 Efficiency and corruption in RG’s offices………………………………....38
4.10 Mobile registration………………………………………………………..39
4.11 Attitude and behaviour of officials in the RG’s offices ………………….39
4.12 Requirements for Birth Registration..…………………………………….40
4.13 Accessibility of information on Birth Registration……………………….41
4.14 Government and civil society relations and Birth Registration…………..41
4.15 Birth Registration campaigns…………………………………….. ……...41
4.16 Single parents and orphans in Birth Registration processes……………...42
4.17 Access to education and social services for unregistered children….……42
4.18 Non-Zimbabwean, refugee and non-resident children……………….…...42
4.19 Socio-economic coping strategies of unregistered children……………...43
4.20 Support of other agencies towards unregistered children….……………. 43
4.21 Focus of future advocacy campaigns... ………………………..…………43
CHAPTER FIVE: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ……………44
5.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………….44
5.1 Capacity building and development……………………………………….44
5.2 Inter-Agency /Inter-ministerial support and coordination…………………44
5.3 Legal Issues and Framework………………………………………………44
5.4 Administration……………………………………………………………..45
Birth Registration Research Report/2007
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