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Project

IUSSP – Emerging ethics and human rights issues in the digitization of population register systems, 2022–2023
 

South Africa
Uganda
Project ID
109908
Total Funding
CAD 406,600.00
IDRC Officer
Montasser Kamal
Project Status
Active
Duration
24 months

Programs and partnerships

Lead institution(s)

Summary

Efforts to modernize national population and civil register systems to make them useful for the purposes of inclusiveness and social protection are being undermined by the weak integration of ethical and human rights issues.Read more

Efforts to modernize national population and civil register systems to make them useful for the purposes of inclusiveness and social protection are being undermined by the weak integration of ethical and human rights issues. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the challenges of increasing data automation infrastructures in environments where legal frameworks are under-developed, data protection standards and institutions are weak, and human rights are sidelined.
To make population register systems gender-sensitive, explicit and sustained efforts are required to support laws, data systems, institutions and an enabling environment. Previous efforts to strengthen the ethical and human rights foundations for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems have been hampered by disciplinary boundaries and by the limited engagement of scholars in low- and middle-income countries.

The purpose of this project, led by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)’s Scientific Panel on Population Perspectives and Demographic Methods to Strengthen CRVS systems, is to infuse interdisciplinary perspectives (including law, public policy, demography and public health) into efforts to transform population data systems. It also aims to ensure stronger governance and increased transparency.

This will be achieved by recruiting three research fellows (in a manner that ensures diversity) and through research activities. Research outputs, case studies and potential recommendations will be documented in conference workshop reports and in an edited research volume. A series of multimedia resources and scholarly articles will be produced. This project will draw on the knowledge and resources generated by IDRC through the Centre of Excellence on CRVS Systems.

Research outputs

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Language:

English

Summary

This is an interview of Georges Macaire Eyenga who holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of Paris Nanterre. His research focuses on technoscapes in Africa, based on case studies of tele-surveillance, drones and biometrics. He is currently working on the digitization of voting registers and on how the Leave No Voter Behind principle is monitored on a daily basis in Cameroon. He is the author of several scientific articles.

Author(s)
WISER, WITS Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Witwatersrand
Paper
Language:

English

Summary
Author(s)
Silva, Romesh
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