In Peru, the population under age identified with National Identity Document (DNI) rose 4% to 80% in nearly six years of work by various state actors, reported the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec).
While there is more than one million 400 thousand Peruvians under 18 without identity documents, the government makes great efforts to spread the free ID and reverse the situation, said Carlos Reyna, Restitution Program Manager Identity and Social Support of Reniec.
"In 2005, only 4% of those under age 18 had ID. Today we have 80% of the population properly identified with this document and we are moving with different entities to achieve in the short term to 100%, "said the official.
During the forum titled "Right to name, identity and for an ID card," said that several ministries have committed to this goal and promote the registration of the population identified in order to ensure full recognition of their derechos.DNI and social programs
Among the entities that are added to this work, including the Ministry of Women and Social Development (MIMD), which conducts a national crusade for the right to name and identity, called "My Name", in partnership with other public and civil institutions.
The Mimdes incorporated this strategy in programs to combat poverty, such as Together, Growing, the Special Program for Land Titling (PETT), the Cooperation Fund for Social Development (FONCODES), the National Food Assistance Program ( Pronaa) and the Agency for the Formalization of Informal Property (Cofopri).
Thus, we seek to give further publicity to the free exchange of their voter registration by the DNI, as well as the processing and issuance of this document free of charge among the beneficiaries of those programs those in poverty or extreme poverty.
also launched the campaign "Grow with ID is to grow with rights", implemented in the National Wawa Wasi, which resulted in the documentation so far of 22 thousand 475 children.
"We are making progress, thanks to the collaboration of government and an entity set to get even closer to the goal. As for the adult population, we saw that in 2005, 90% had ID and today the figure rose to 99% ", said the representative of Reniec. Intersectoral work
Reyna added that the work for the identity of the Peruvians, also participates the Ministry of Education, through the identification campaigns in schools, while the Ministry of Health does the same hospitals during the days of vaccination.
Similarly, actively involved the Ministry of Transport, through the installation of modules for identifying minors on land transport terminals and the Ministry of Labour, which recorded the informal mining employees and longshoremen.
Some regional governments, such as Ayacucho, Loreto, also play an important role in this work, since oriented committees have been formed to work on the subject of identification and the right to the name. "We expect these commissions will multiply, "he said. Access key
This forum also attended by the Deputy Minister of Women, Ana Maria Mendieta, who stressed the importance of the DNI, not only to guarantee the right to identity of the Peruvians, but also to access different social programs.
"It's like having the key to access the gateway to these programs. The DNI is to guarantee the full exercise of our rights as citizens and Peruvians, "said Deputy Minister, whose industry organized the forum along with Reniec cited in Mimdes headquarters. Data
Today, it is estimated that just over four million 700 thousand Peruvians and Peruvian different ages are still without ID.
The number of children identified with this document far exceeds nine million 200 thousand in the country. Only between 2010 and 2011 so far achieved three million grant ID 420 000 Peruvian children for free.
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