{"id":916556,"date":"2022-01-15T16:33:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/15\/single-mothers-warned-of-dangers-of-not-including-fathers-name-in-birth-certificate\/"},"modified":"2022-01-15T16:33:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:33:58","slug":"single-mothers-warned-of-dangers-of-not-including-fathers-name-in-birth-certificate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/15\/single-mothers-warned-of-dangers-of-not-including-fathers-name-in-birth-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Mothers Warned of Dangers of Not Including Father&#8217;s Name in Birth Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bf7133e74ff546a9baa6b2e62948085a\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mothers seeking birth certificates for their children have been advised to indicate the names of their fathers as it may be needed at a later stage in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Lugari Sub-County Deputy Civil Register of Persons Brian Korir, while speaking from his office in Lumakanda, observed that some single mothers seeking birth registration of their children insist on not  the fathers\u2019 details, a situation he described as not \u2018healthy\u2019 for future child\u2019s advancement.<\/p>\n<p>Korir said by excluding the details of their fathers in birth certificates may deny the child future opportunities when the details will be needed. \u201cTrying to reinstate fathers\u2019 details in a written birth certificate in future is not easy as it will call for court procedures,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that mothers who have details of the fathers of their children should ensure they are indicated in the birth certificates.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Registrar is worried that single mothers who decline details of the fathers in birth certificates are on the rise in the Sub-Counties of Matete, Lugari and Likuyani.<\/p>\n<p>Korir blamed failure of men to support their children financially as some of the push factors forcing women to exclude fathers in birth certificates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes women say men have completely failed to provide for their children and there was no need to be identified in birth certificates,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2aa957ac75fe4672bcfbadc981564871\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The officer said teens engaged in sex leading to early pregnancies may also avoid names of the fathers in births certificate as it may attract legal questions.<\/p>\n<p>He said sensitization should be carried so that women clearly understand the consequences of excluding the names of biological fathers in birth certificates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClear message should reach all women, if possible, to avail details of fathers for birth registration of their children,\u201d Korir added.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: MeghanNimmoh (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nBrian Korir<br \/>\nKorir<br \/>\nLikuyani<br \/>\nLugari<br \/>\nLumakanda<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mothers seeking birth certificates for their children have been advised to indicate the names of their fathers as it may be needed at a later stage in their lives. Lugari Sub-County Deputy Civil Register of Persons Brian Korir, while speaking from his office in Lumakanda, observed that some single mothers seeking birth registration of their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}