Harnessing the Power of Data for Gender Equality
Harnessing the Power of Data for Gender Equality

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Published: 2019

Total Pages: 62

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Presentation of the 2019 Equal Measures 2030 SDG Gender Index, a tool available to explore the state of gender equality across129 countries. The Gender Index includes 51 indicators across 14 of the 17 official Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The indicators are both gender-specific and gender-nonspecific, which have a disproportionate effect on girls and women. The results of the index show that, with just 11 years to go until 2030, nearly 40 percent of the world's girls and women - 1.4 billion - live in countries failing on gender equality. Overall the index finds that the world is furthest behind on gender equality issues related to public finance and better gender data (SDG 17), climate change (SDG 13), gender equality in industry and innovation (SDG 9), and the standalone gender equality goal (SDG 5).

Leveraging Big Data to Advance Gender Equality
Leveraging Big Data to Advance Gender Equality

Author: Ahmed Nauraiz Rana

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Published: 2020

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Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, one of the Sustainable Development Goals, is a highly complex and challenging undertaking. We must address multiple issues, discrimination, violence, education, employment, economic resources, and technology, and work across economic sectors, from agriculture to financial services. Achieving gender equality will require significant amounts of accurate data about the situations and struggles of women and girls. Globally, however, there is a major gap in data that is disaggregated by sex, and this gap often renders women's societal, cultural, and economic contributions and obstacles practically invisible. It can also exacerbate existing gender divides, feeding and reinforcing biases in social programs, access to financial and other services, economic opportunities, and even development programs designed to address gender inequality. Part of the solution may be in the form of big data, which, if used effectively, can provide the volume of data needed to portray women and their situations accurately, which in turn can inform the creation of evidence-based solutions.

Counting Matters
Counting Matters

Author: Christina Gabriel

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2024-04-15

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0774870192

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Counting Matters examines the ways in which the rise of gender equality measurement contributes to, but falls short of, effective gender equality policy implementation. As technocrats adopt often contextless indices, questions of the theoretical and practical limitations of measurement arise, especially as they pertain to social and cultural relations. The indicators being produced influence the allocation of resources as political decisions but are themselves part of a power regime based on the collection and analysis of data, a regime that obfuscates biases and the agendas behind the statistics. The book’s contributors pose critical questions of the ways in which measurement culture manifests within the field of gender equality, asking how it is measured in different policy areas, how we might improve existing practices, and what is revealed through the examination and critique of the “technical turn” in policies that purport to promote gender equality.

The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development
The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development

Author: Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-08-29

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 3030697703

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The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development is a major resource for stakeholders interested in understanding the role of communication in achieving the UN’S Sustainable Development Goals. Bringing together theoretical and applied contributions from scholars in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North America, the handbook argues that communication is a key factor in achieving the global goals and suggests a review of the SDGs to consider its importance. Reflecting on the impact of COVID-19, it highlights the need for effective communication infrastructure and critically assesses the 2030 agenda and timeline. Including individual SDG and country case studies as well as integrated analysis, the chapters seek to enrich understanding of communication for development and propose crucial policy interventions. It is critical reading for researchers as well as policy makers and NGOs.

Empowered by Data
Empowered by Data

Author: Eva Murray

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1119705657

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Learn to build an analytics community in your organization from scratch How to Build a Data Community shows readers how to create analytics and data communities within their organizations. Celebrated author Eva Murray relies on intuitive and practical advice structured as step-by-step guidance to demonstrate the creation of new data communities. How to Build a Data Community uses concrete insights gleaned from real-world case studies to describe, in full detail, all the critical components of a data community. Readers will discover: What analytics communities are and what they look like Why data-driven organizations need analytics communities How selected businesses and nonprofits have applied these concepts successfully and what their journey to a data-driven culture looked like. How they can establish their own communities and what they can do to ensure their community grows and flourishes Perfect for analytics professionals who are responsible for making policy-level decisions about data in their firms, the book is also a must-have for data practitioners and consultants who wish to make positive changes in the organizations with which they work.

The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Elgar Companion to the Built Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals

Author: Alex Opoku

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-02-12

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 1035300036

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Exploring the link between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the built environment, this erudite Companion provides a comprehensive overview and critical examination of key topics and complex research issues. Structured around the 5Ps of the SDGs - people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships - the Companion suggests potential routes for the future direction of research within this multidisciplinary field of study.

Gender and the Environment Building Evidence and Policies to Achieve the SDGs
Gender and the Environment Building Evidence and Policies to Achieve the SDGs

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-05-21

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 9264897631

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Gender equality and environmental goals are mutually reinforcing, with slow progress on environmental actions affecting the achievement of gender equality, and vice versa. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires targeted and coherent actions.