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 social media to understand gender-based violence during elections

While there are existing tools to measure gender-based violence in households, measuring data beyond households– especially at a time of…

Linking national IDs and CRVS system with gender disaggregation

Birth certificates are a crucial source of document in obtaining a national identification, illustrating how civil registration and vital statistics…

Using Performance Monitoring and Accountability surveys to monitor reproductive health

Civil society groups play an important role in providing data on family planning. Led by Family Planning 2020, the Performance…

Using ProPublica’s Lost Mothers, a dashboard of stories of maternal mortality in the US

Media organizations play a huge role in humanizing data to the general public. In order to raise awareness of the…

Including the Washington Group on Disability Statistics questionnaires in surveys

Beyond sex-disaggregated data, it is crucial to collect data by disability status so researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can understand and…

Integrating verbal autopsies into CRVS

Less than a third of deaths are assigned without a cause, and low-income countries have the most gaps in cause-of-death-data….

Closing the CRVS coverage gap by including marriages and divorce

Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) cover data across major moments in time: births, deaths, marriages, divorces. Major initiatives across…

Strengthening health systems to respond to gender-based violence

Surveys that collect data on gender-based violence have limitations, as they are costly and are not frequently conducted. To fill…

Understanding the impact of data gaps in a sexual violence campus survey

Traditional household surveys may not have the capacity to understand the magnitude of sexual assault experiences on university campuses. In…