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…

Standardizing femicide data across Latin America and the Caribbean

Across many countries in Latin America, femicides are defined and classified differently. And without a regional standardization on femicide, there…

Using the Gender-Based Violence Information Management System to harmonize data in humanitarian settings

In 2020, UNICEF published “Every child counts: using gender data to drive results for children,” which investigates gender data innovations…

Reporting health data by ethnicity

While sex-disaggregated data on health provide insights on how women and men are impacted, it is also missing other pieces,…

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…

Using electronic immunization registry data

Centralized and digitized data on immunization paves the way for greater timeliness of data collection on immunization rates and it…

Conducting education surveys to understand students’ schooling decisions

Existing education indicators mainly focus on the student body, participation in schools, student outcomes, teachers, and school facilities. While these…

Using the Living Standard Measurement Survey-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture to produce gender-relevant data on agriculture

To understand the role of women in the agricultural sector, household surveys can be adapted to incorporate modules relevant to…

Developing a gender analysis tool for disaster settings

To understand the various needs and capacities of disaster-affected populations based on their gender, a mixed methods approach to a…