Following existing guidance notes for remote technical assistance for surveys

During the COVID-19 pandemic, surveyors faced barriers in data collection, as they were unable to interview households in person. To…

Conducting remote household surveys during COVID-19

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, development organizations had to seek innovative ways in continuing statistical capacity operations. The…

Using toolkits to strengthen population health surveillance during COVID-19

Health systems worldwide weakened during the COVID-19 pandemic. With weakened health systems, it is difficult to monitor population health and…

Collecting data on homicides and assaults from news reporting

There is increasing concern among researchers about collecting data on sex and gender variables, yet many researchers are unsure of…

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…

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 the Women’s Power Index to understand the gender leadership gap

To understand the involvement of women in national politics across the world, global indexes can provide such information from a…

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…