Solutions Inventory

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 UNDP developed a guide on electoral management bodies on promoting gender equality and women’s participation. The guide covers how electoral management bodies can institutionalize sex-disaggregated data — such as having sex or gender in voter registration forms and training polling staff to collect disaggregated data on voter turnout.