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…

The role of Tweets in understanding family violence during COVID-19

Big data can serve as a short-term solution in understanding family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent academic article,…

Using Facebook’s Disaster Maps to understand how men and women are displaced differently

Big data can fill the gap in understanding how populations are affected after a natural disaster. As part of its…

How crime and helpline data show the impact of COVID-19 in reported gender-based violence

To understand the severity of gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic, crime and helpline data can provide insights in…

Bridging the digital gender divide by publishing more gender-relevant data

The gap in labor market participation is 26% for G20 economies. Data are critical in monitoring progress in the labor…

Measuring ICT use from a gender lens

To better collect gender-relevant information on ICT for development, it is important to have surveys that collect demographic information on…

How open education administrative data can lead to better ideas

To enhance the use of education administrative data, it is important for social scientists and practitioners to have open access…