Tracking the situation of children during the COVID-19 pandemic

To understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and children, UNICEF has been tracking measures taken by governments…

Using the EMERGE platform for gender data in health, politics, and economics

Academia plays a role in developing open-source platforms focused on gender equality. Developed by the Center on Gender Equity and…

Using open source platforms to collect and visualize data on health systems

The digitization of health management information systems (HMIS) is costly when taking account of the cost of computers, internet connectivity,…

Collaborating with CARE International’s Women Respond Initiative

Civil society groups play an important role in building back better after the COVID-19 pandemic. CARE’s Women Respond is a…

Working group on improving household surveys including how to improve gender inclusiveness

Expert groups play a unique role in improving the quality and scope of official statistics. Developed by the UN Statistical…

Using gender to measure acute coronary syndrome

To measure gender and its association with risk factors in patients with premature acute coronary syndrome, researchers at McGill University…

Using CARE’s Rapid Gender Analysis focused on COVID-19 in 38 countries

Qualitative data provide insights on the complexities of people’s needs and identities. Qualitative data also amplify the voices of marginalized…

Reporting health data by ethnicity

While sex-disaggregated data on health provide insights on how women and men are impacted, it is also missing other pieces,…

Developing a rapid gender analysis tool in post-disaster settings

Rapid gender analysis provides important information on how women and men are impacted, along with their roles in the household….

Using gridded population datasets for a more inclusive COVID-19 response

Beyond the traditional, tabulated format of data, gridded population represent the distribution of population in rows and columns of grid…