How To Build a Data Cooperative: A Practitioner’s Handbook

Data Cooperatives are a group of individuals or organizations that pool their data for mutual benefit. They serve many purposes,…

Inclusive Data: Five Key Principles for Success

This blog post was created from talking points from Festival de Datos townhall, ‘Inclusive Data: The Foundations for Success,’ which…

Putting the ‘Revolution’ Back into ‘Data Revolution’

Data Co-ops: How Cooperative Structures Can Support Women’s Empowerment

(This blog post was cross-posted from the Future Development blog’s (The Brookings Institution) original post, which can be found here.) Rising…

Gender and Political Party Differences in U.S. Governors’ Twitter Use on COVID-19

In the United States, governors’ recommendations and policies have played a key role in COVID-19 testing and prevention, and consequently…

The Landscape of Big Data and Gender: A Data2X Update

The motivating belief of Data2X is that greater capture, analysis, and use of data catalyzes gender equality. Over the last…

Big Data and Gender in the Age of COVID-19: A Brief Series from UC San Diego

Understanding the gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging, especially due to limitations in data collection. Big data can…

Tracking the Journey of Diamond Bank’s BETA Customers from Account Ownership to Usage

This report uses bank transaction data to understand Nigerian women’s savings behavior.

Women in the gig economy: Paid work, care and flexibility in Kenya and South Africa

This report looks at the gendered experiences of gig work in Kenya and South Africa.

Gender Disparity Signals: Analyzing Gender Disparities with Mobile Phone Metadata

This report explores how mobile phone data can highlight gendered educational inequalities.