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Rape Survivor's Baby Denied Registration Over Missing Father Data

8/7/2026

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Amira, a 17-year-old girl, cannot register her newborn because the birth record lacks a father’s name and national ID.
She was raped by Rapid Support Forces in el-Fasher and fled in early 2025.
She spent months blindfolded in Tabit, where she learned she was pregnant.
After delivering at an International Medical Corps hospital, she cannot vaccinate or enroll child because Nada’s Abu Bakr Yousif Yaqoub says paternal data blocks registration.

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Story summary

Amira, a 17-year-old girl, cannot register her newborn because the birth record lacks a father’s name and national ID.
She was raped by Rapid Support Forces in el-Fasher and fled in early 2025.
She spent months blindfolded in Tabit, where she learned she was pregnant.
After delivering at an International Medical Corps hospital, she cannot vaccinate or enroll child because Nada’s Abu Bakr Yousif Yaqoub says paternal data blocks registration.