State of Gender Data: The Gender and Environment Alliance

Gender data is a challenge to environmentalists—it can be difficult to collect, it requires dedicated financing, and for many years, there was no clear space that brought people and resources together to address it. This was until the Gender and Environment Data Alliance (GEDA) formed to advance gender-just climate action. Formed by the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the group brings together a coalition of diverse multi-stakeholder partners to improve accessibility, understanding and application of gender-environment data.

Building Back Is Not Enough: To Achieve the SDGs and Recover from Crisis, It’s Time to Elevate Gender Data as a Policy Priority

In the face of multiple, coalescing global crises, the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum convened last week to take stock…

A Gender Data Network to Drive Gender Equality, Accelerate Economic Recovery and Build Resilience

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected]  Washington, DC—Data2X, in partnership with PARIS21, Open Data Watch, and the United Nations Economic Commission…

Leading Champions in the Financial Sector Agree: Stronger Political Will and More Data are Needed to Unlock Women’s Financial Empowerment

(This blog post was crossposted from the Center for Global Development’s original post, which can be found here.) As the…

Lack of data on ICT access, skills, and leadership risks holding back gender equality in Africa

This blog was cross posted from the EQUALS Global Partnership. Only 33 percent of people living in Africa used the…

The Power of Networks: Advancing Gender Data and Statistics in Africa

This blog was cross posted from the Open Data Watch website. As we move closer to 2030, it is important…

Gender Tools for Understanding the Nexus of Climate Change and Gender

Cross-posted from EMERGE at UC San Diego. The climate crisis is not gender neutral. The impact of climate change amplifies…

New Report Identifies Practical Gender Data Solutions to Drive Gender Equality and Build Resilience

A new report identifies gender data solutions across six key areas to drive the achievement of the SDGs.

A Call to Improve the Quality and Transparency of Women’s Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality Indexes

This blog is cross-posted from the Center for Global Development. As gender equality has gained increased prominence as an important…

Tackling Gender Data to Build Climate Change Resilience in Madagascar

This year, the 66th UN Commission on the Status of Women will be held from March 14-25. The theme is…