In this Q&A, Alison Holder, Director of Equal Measures 2030, and Papa Seck, Chief Statistician for UN Women, speak about why decision-makers need to get serious about capturing gender data that recognize intersecting inequalities. With gender-disaggregated data, governments have an opportunity to drive smarter investments and create the policies, programs, and solutions needed to tackle deeply entrenched inequity, advance gender equality, and create more inclusive,...Read More
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Mobile Tech: An Answer to Gender-Based Violence?
Technology is failing to address the issue of gender-based violence (GBV) and resources like mobile devices, apps, and other computer software can help. This blog post details the efforts of Flone Initiative’s “Report it! Stop it!” app in Kenya, designed for and by Kenyan women, which tracks incidents of GBV on and around public transport.Read More
Gender-Supportive Supervision in Nigeria
This brief article highlights how SHOPS Plus, USAID’s flagship initiative for private-sector health care, piloted the gender-transformative supportive supervision (GTSS) model in Nigeria to address the gender disparities seen across the family planning workforce. GTSS integrates gender into standard supportive training for supervisors and introduces tools that promote discussions around gender. The pilot suggests that GTSS, accompanied by structural and policy changes in health-care work...Read More
Spotlight on Gender in NDCs
This brief outlines select national structures and systems for integrating gender into climate action, and features details on 34 countries’ processes and actions to actively engage in integrating gender equality in their Nationally Determined Contribution planning and implementation. Of the 168 countries assessed, 56% of countries were found to be either actively engaging or initiating engagement in some level of processes to integrate gender across climate-relevant...Read More
Attracting and Retaining Talent through Inclusive Family-Friendly Policies
This brief aims to show that investing in family-friendly policies, such as parental, maternity and paternity leave, makes business sense and benefits both employers and employees. It provides guidance in prioritizing, establishing, and implementing family-friendly policies to ensure that everyone is treated fairly at work by offering concrete recommendations on how to implement these policies and support parents in the workplace, marketplace, and community.Read More
COVID-19 and Its Impact on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Worldwide reports show an alarming rise in domestic abuse in the context of COVID-19, and it’s becoming increasingly important to develop evidenced-based and innovative solutions to combat VAWG. Spotlight Initiative, one of the largest global investments to eliminate VAWG, can quickly identify context-specific risk factors and available assets and draft a plan for mitigating risks and responding to critical needs.Read More
