Using UNDP’s COVID-19 Gender Response Tracker

To analyze COVID policy measures that address women’s economic and social security, labor market, and gender-based violence, UNDP developed the…

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 the Gender Social Norms Index

To understand the involvement social barriers in achieving gender equality, the Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) measures how social beliefs…

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 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,…

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…

Providing financial support to surveys on gender-based violence

Donors play an important role in filling the gender data gap on violence. In 2020, the Bill and Melinda Gates…

Developing and using the Laws on Violence against Women and Girls Index

To understand the severity of gender-based violence across the world, global indexes can provide such information from a comparative analysis….

Developing a specialized survey on femicides

When countries lack the capacity to utilize traditional survey data collections, civil society groups can take the lead on developing…

Using open data to understand femicides

Civil society organizations can play the role as a “watchdog” in assessing the quality of gender-based violence data– including data…