Data2X
Bringing together expertise in gender data and national statistical systems to make gender and inclusion central to how countries produce, finance, and use data.
About the Program
Effective policies for women and girls depend on data that reflect their lives. Gaps in gender data make it harder to identify inequalities, direct resources, and track progress. Addressing these gaps requires sustainable financing, stronger technical and institutional capacity, and closer connections between data production and policy needs.
In 2026, Data2X joined Open Data Watch (ODW), bringing together Data2X’s global leadership in gender data with ODW’s expertise in open data, official statistics, and national data systems. The combined program, ODW-Data2X, connects efforts to close gender data gaps with broader investments in the institutions, capacities, and partnerships needed to sustain inclusive data systems.
ODW-Data2X works across the data value chain, bringing a gender and inclusion lens to research and monitoring, country support, and policy advice. We help identify gaps and track progress, strengthen financing and enabling conditions, and support countries in producing and using gender data. Networks, partnerships, and peer learning connect this work to country priorities and practical solutions.
What We Do
Research & Monitoring
We identify persistent gender data gaps and track progress in closing them. This evidence helps countries and partners prioritize improvements in data production and availability and identify where further support is needed.
Gender Data Financing
We build evidence on how gender data are financed and work with partners to strengthen sustainable investment. Our focus is on helping countries secure the resources needed to maintain data systems that respond to policy priorities.
Gender Data Use
We strengthen the conditions that connect data production and publication with policy use. This includes helping countries and partners align gender data with decision-making needs and improving how findings are communicated and applied.
Inclusive & Intersectional Data
We advance approaches that reflect overlapping inequalities and improve the representation of people often missing from official statistics. This work embeds gender, intersectionality, and inclusion within efforts to strengthen national data systems.
Peer Learning
Through the Gender Data Network (GDN), we work with PARIS21 and regional partners to connect gender data practitioners across countries, support peer learning, and help members share experiences and adapt practical solutions to local needs.
Coordinated Support
We bring together countries, international organizations, civil society, and other partners to share knowledge, coordinate support, and advance collective action. These partnerships strengthen country leadership and connect expertise across gender and inclusive data initiatives.
