This is the third seminar of a series of seminars focused on integrating gender equity throughout Data for Health’s work. It will focus on gender-inclusive civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) data collection and use. NOTE: This Seminar series will be offered in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese. It will be recorded and available to…

The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022. Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, CSW66 will take place in a hybrid format. The priority theme will be achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context…

Access to data is vital in tackling the big challenges we face – from the earlier discovery and treatment of disease, to reducing pollution in urban spaces. Data also has an important role to play in driving economic growth and recovery by supporting the creation of new technologies, products and services. Join the Open Data…

The PARIS21 2022 Spring Meetings will feature a series of virtual events over the course of two days, convening interdisciplinary experts from diverse backgrounds, policy makers, national statistical offices, civil society and academia to share perspectives and best practices, bridge gaps in institutional knowledge and identify ways for collective data-driven climate action.

This seminar is part of a series focused on integrating gender equity throughout Data for Health’s work. Seminar 6 explores the importance of gender data to influence policy and relevant stakeholders and conveys the value of collecting, analyzing, disseminating, and using gendered health data.

Despite decades of investments in promoting gender equality, gender data gaps continue to impede our ability to understand the lived experiences of women and girls. Join the Center for Global Development, Data2X, and Open Data Watch for an event that will move the conversation from identifying gender data problems to finding practical solutions drawn from a forthcoming report by Data2X and Open Data Watch, entitled “Transforming the Data Landscape: Solutions to Close Gender Data Gaps.” In addition to launching the report, the event will feature innovators as they navigate challenges and opportunities for increased and improved gender data.

The 2022 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will take place from Monday, April 18, through Sunday, April 24. The International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), Development Committee (DC), and G20 meetings will be held in hybrid format and participants of those restricted meetings may participate in person or virtually. Badges will only be issued for Delegates; all other participants will participate virtually and will not be issued badges. All events - including the public events, invitation-only events, Civil Society Organization engagements, and press conferences - will be virtual and accessible on WBG and IMF digital platforms. To accommodate time-differences, events may take place in the week before and after the Spring Meetings.

Strengthening the relationship between fact-checkers and national statistical offices can enhance the impact of each community’s work. But how can these two stakeholder groups strengthen their connections? To pursue this objective, Open Data Watch, Open Data Institute, PARIS21 are teaming up with three fact-checking organizations across the globe - Full Fact, Chequeado, and Africa Check - for a webinar that will forge a path toward curbing the spread of misinformation around the world.

The IAOS Conferences are special events, bringing together the vibrancy and diversity of the international statistical community, both statistics’ producers and users from different countries around the world. The motto of this year’s conference is "Worthy Information for Challenging Times”. Nowadays the importance of statistics is greater than ever before. The responses of societies and economies to the short and long term consequences of the COVID 19 pandemic are taking place within the challenges of climate change and the international commitments to leave no one behind. Data, and in particular Official Statistics, are key to these responses. Yet with multiple sources and providers, it is often difficult to differentiate the good from the bad, the trustworthy from the unreliable, the relevant from the noise.

The Barometer is a multi-dimensional and multi-layered study that assessed the state of data for public good in 109 countries. An expert survey was conducted from May 2019 – May 2021 to create a new global benchmark that looks at data governance, capability, availability, and use and impact of data for public good. You may explore and view the data, through its core (e.g. governance and capability) or thematic modules (e.g. climate action, land, public procurement) as well as on a country-level.

From improving disease response to enabling more equitable public transportation to promoting child well-being, responsible access to data has become essential. What policies are needed to facilitate and incentivize the opening of data for public interest purposes? What recent legal and policy developments are starting to shape the space of data collaboration? These and other questions focused on the state of open data policy will be addressed at the first “State of Open Data Policy Summit” hosted by the Open Data Policy Lab—a collaboration between The GovLab and Microsoft. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to and engage with senior leaders in government, civil society and business about the policies that can support more impactful re-use of data for the public good.

This event, the first event in the "Navigating the Landscape of Gender Data Financing" series, will continue the momentum of joint action for data investment highlighted at the World Bank and United Nation’s Ministerial Roundtable on 27 April as part of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings and provide input for discussions on gender data financing at United Nations High-Level Political Forum.