Resumen

EL-KOTNI, Mounia  y  RAMIREZ-PEREZ, Alba. Certificates that Recognize, Certificate that Monitor. Birth Certificates and the Control of Midwifery in Chiapas. LiminaR [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.2, pp.96-109. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.2536/liminar.v15i2.533.

Drawing on interviews and participant-observation, this research highlights the combined impacts of maternal and child health programs and of Civil Register policies on the abiity parents to register newborns in Chiapas. In a state where most women rely on midwives to provide necessary health services, we highlight the difficulties to which families who have solicited uncertified midwives confront when requesting a birth certificate at the Civil Registry. We also share how the various groups impacted by such policies adapt to or resist them.

Palabras llave : citizenship; civil rights; identity; birth; midwives.

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