Legal Identity is a Human Right
Zimbabwe undocumented (ep. 9)
In this episode, we’re heading to Zimbabwe to hear about the impact that a lack of ID has on individuals and th...
ID for all purposes or people? – Privacy International (ep. 8)
In this episode we’re in conversation with Tom Fisher, senior researcher at Privacy International, a human rights a...
Mass catch ups and SMS – Digitech Development (ep. 7)
In this episode, we look at how technology, legal reform and mass catch up birth registration activities help countri...
International ID Day – who’s it for? (ep. 6)
In this episode we hear from government, civil society and the private sector about Identity Day.
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India: Exclusion by design (ep. 5)
In this episode we’re talking about India and its biometric identity system, Aadhaar.
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The private sector wants a stake in legal ID (ep. 4)
In this episode, we’re looking at the role of the private sector.
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Discussing the OpenCRVS open-source civil registration system (ep. 3)
We’re going in big with our first look at technology, an entire digital civil registration and vital statistics...
SDG 16.9 – A life and death situation (ep. 2)
In this episode we’ll hear about death registration, the role of biometrics in legal identity and get an update on ...
Setting the case for a legal identity for all (ep. 1)
More than a billion people in the world have no legal identity – no way to prove who they are. The United Nations h...
Introducing ID16.9 – the quest for everyone to have a legal identity (trailer)
The ID16.9 Podcast trailer.
...What is the ID16.9 podcast about?
Biometric Update has launched the ID16.9 podcast to examine progress towards the realization of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 of providing legal identity for all people, including birth registration, by 2030. Hosted by Frank Hersey, guests range from high-profile UN officials to representatives of the invisible billion.