Developing a rapid gender analysis tool in post-disaster settings

Rapid gender analysis provides important information on how women and men are impacted, along with their roles in the household….

Using gridded population datasets for a more inclusive COVID-19 response

Beyond the traditional, tabulated format of data, gridded population represent the distribution of population in rows and columns of grid…

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…

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…

Using sex- and age-disaggregated data in humanitarian response

Humanitarian aid remains largely driven by anecdote rather than by evidence, where the contemporary humanitarian system has significant gaps in…

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…

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 open data to evaluate educational outcomes

Providing data use cases is important for producers and users of statistics to understand the potential of open data being…