Using verbal autopsies to collect data on child and maternal health

Verbal autopsies can be used to supplement health surveys or civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in understanding childhood…

Using ACLED dataset on political violence against women

Academia and civil society organizations play a role in providing non-official data on political violence. The Armed Conflict Location and…

Integrating the Strategy for the Harmonization of Statistics in Africa’s module on governance, peace and security data

Many household surveys can be adapted to integrate new survey modules. The Strategy for the Harmonization of Statistics in Africa…

Creating country-based taskforces to improve data collection on human trafficking

To improve data collection on human trafficking, the British Embassy Jakarta, Human Rights Resource Centre, and Stanford University assessed the…

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…

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…

An e-learning courses on CRVS including a gender component

Online courses can help national civil registrars to learn ways in improving their civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems….

Ensuring sex-disaggregated data collection on voter registration and election turnouts

Collecting disaggregated data on election data provides insights gendered in gender differences in voter participation and turnout. UN Women and…

Developing open consultations to better measure gender and sexual diversity

Statisticians, experts and advocacy groups have a role in consulting with national statistical offices in providing feedback on data quality….