ODW is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization that monitors progress and provides assistance to organizations that produce and manage official statistics on how to use open and accessible data to meet Sustainable Development Goals. Data2X is an international technical and advocacy platform dedicated to improving the quality, availability, and use of gender data to make a practical difference worldwide. As of May 2026, Data2X enters its next chapter at Open Data Watch, continuing its work to ensure gender data is integrated into the broader global data ecosystem.
Focusing on individual transaction data from ODA projects, this research analysis shows how adequate financing of reliable and nuanced gender data can identify and address gender disparities with truly effective policies, interventions, monitoring and accountabiliy.
Though leaving Gates Foundation, Melinda French Gates will continue to champion evidence-informed gender equality through her Pivotal Ventures group, with $1 billion for integration of gender equality into core values and practices at national, local, and global levels.
Intersectionality uncovers the challenges faced by people who have multiple, intersecting group identities. With insights from development, feminist, and identity theories, this concept note translates intersectionality into a practical guide for national development data.
Data2X launches a new program on gender data and intersectionality to answer questions about how to include certain excluded groups in measurement instruments, and how to address related legal, data governance, technical, and financing issues.
Funding for gender data decreased by 55% in 2020 — nearly three times the drop in funding to data and statistics overall. But a four-part strategy to support data for SDG 5 could reverse this trend.
What progress has been made since 2019 when the Gender Data Network was created in response to research showing huge gaps in gender data availability in Africa? This report provides an update.
This major report from Data2x and ODW on gender data gaps presents ways not only to identify gaps, but actually to start filling the gaps through ten specific steps using 142 innovative solutions across six development sectors.
Accessible and timely sex-disaggregated data are critical in helping policymakers understand and address the unique challenges that women and girls face. But do investments in gender statistics match their importance?
What exactly is the the gap between current resources and the level of financing needed to fully fund gender data systems from now until 2030? This comprensive report runs the numbers, assesses the options and suggests six areas of action for the way forward.
This in-depth report identifies lower-income countries where women and girls are most exposed to and most at risk from the COVID-19 pandemic and assesses countries’ capability to respond, based on a gender vulnerability data dashboard.