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Data-Pop Alliance Wins Mercy Corps Ventures Anticipatory Action Accelerator with “OPAL for Floods”

Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is proud to announce that its project OPAL for Floods has been selected as the winner of the Anticipatory Action Accelerator by Mercy Corps Ventures’ Humanitarian Venture Lab. The project received a USD 100,000 award to pilot...

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Job Opportunity: Spatial Data Scientist

Please kindly read the entire job posting. Application instructions are located at the end. Data-Pop Alliance is looking for a Spatial Data Scientist. We are an international nonprofit created in 2013 out of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), the MIT...

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Job Opportunity: Full Stack Developer

Please kindly read the entire job posting. Application instructions are located at the end. Data-Pop Alliance is looking for a Full Stack Developer. We are an international nonprofit created in 2013 out of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), the MIT...

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Job Opportunity: Research and Content Intern

Please kindly read the entire job posting. Application instructions are located at the end. Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is looking for a Research and Content Intern. We are an international nonprofit created in 2013 out of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI),...

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Gender Responsive Budgeting in Pakistan: Analyzing the 2025–26 Federal Budget for Equity and Inclusion

Current economic models and budget processes often overlook gender dynamics, leading to fiscal policies that unintentionally reinforce inequality. In countries like Pakistan, where gender disparities are deeply entrenched, this can exacerbate unpaid care burdens or stall progress on women’s rights....

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Zinnya Del Villar have participated in a Q&A interview for SafetyDetectives

Zinnya Del Villar, Director of Data, Technology, and Innovation at Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), was recently interviewed by Safety Detectives, a digital platform dedicated to online safety, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence, with an average monthly readership of 2.2 million. In the...

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Anna Spinardi Joins UN Women’s Global Advisory Group on Big Data for Gender Equality

Data-Pop Alliance is proud to announce that Anna Spinardi, DPA’s Data Feminism Program Director, has been appointed to UN Women’s newly established Technical Advisory Group on the Applications of Big Data and Data Science to Fill Gender Data Gaps. Convened...

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Data-Pop Alliance and UN Women Partner for Gender Data Training in Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan — From December 9th to December 13th, 2024, Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) facilitated the Gender Data Training for Inclusive and Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Pakistan in collaboration with UN Women Pakistan. This initiative aimed to equip government and...

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Data-Pop Alliance at the UN World Data Forum 2024 in Medellín: Initiatives for Inclusive Impact

From November 12 to 16, Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) proudly participated in the UN World Data Forum 2024 in Medellín, Colombia. Our Managing Director, Natalie Grover, and Co-Founder, Emmanuel Letouzé, represented DPA, joining global leaders and data experts to explore transformative...

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The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Grants $350,000 to Data-Pop Alliance to Advance “OPAL for Humanitarian Action”

Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is proud to announce a new $350,000 USD grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) to accelerate the development of OPAL for Humanitarian Action (OPAL4HA) to improve response to flooding in Senegal and beyond. This is...

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DPA Director Emmanuel Letouzé Speaks at Two UNGA 2024 Events to Discuss CLIMB and AI

New York — On September 17 and 23, 2024, Emmanuel Letouzé, Director of Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), participated in two events during the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79). The discussions focused on the CLIMB Project and the future of AI,...

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Nicolas de Cordes Joins Data-Pop Alliance as Director of Operations and Marketing

Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) is pleased to announce Nicolas de Cordes as our new Director of Operations and Marketing. Nicolas brings extensive experience in leveraging data for development and driving positive social impact. With deep expertise in the telecom industry, data...

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Discover Our “Overview and Outlook 2023-2024” Annual Report!

The world of 2024 should be much safer, fairer, more empathetic, sustainable, and hospitable than it currently is. AI’s contribution to this vision should also be much more positive than the trajectory we see today. Anger and frustration can either...

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DPA at the Barcelona CHANGE Summit: Paving the Way for Feminist Urban Futures

Barcelona recently hosted the CHANGE Annual Summit (June 10-12), an event that gathered representatives from various municipalities around the world dedicated to advancing gender equity in urban settings. Among the attendees were Emmanuel Letouzé, DPA Director and Co-Founder, Anna Spinardi,...

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DPA’s Just Digital Transformations Director Facilitates Dynamic Validation Workshop for Ghana’s National Data Strategy in Accra

“I hope that this strategy and its inclusive development modalities can serve as models for other countries in the region and beyond, to fully leverage the power of data as a ‘New Oxygen’ and catalyst for socio-economic transformation towards the...

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Digital Transformations Director Discusses AI Innovations at AI Forum in Morocco

Talla Ndiaye, Director of DPA’s Just Digital Transformations Program, recently attended the “High Level Forum on Artificial Intelligence: A Lever for Development in Africa“. This innovative and timely event, held from June 3-5, 2024 in Rabat, Morocco, was organized by...

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DPA Managing Director Natalie Grover Presents OPAL for Humanitarian Action at the UN STI Forum

On May 8th, 2024, DPA Managing Director Natalie Grover spoke at the ninth Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) at the UN Headquarters in New York. In an effort to harness...

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DPA Program Director Talla Ndiaye Participated in the 2024 Connected Africa Summit

“Country policies on data need to be aligned with regional and continental policies. It’s a joint effort – I cannot stress that enough.” Talla Ndiaye, speaking at CAS 2024 Tweet Data-Pop Alliance’s (DPA) Just Digital Transformations Program Director Talla...

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DPA Helps Facilitate Regional Workshop for Integrated Local MPI Pilot Project in Four African Countries

DPA’s Geographies of Inequalities Program Lead Agustina Perez (picture below) attended a regional workshop in Dakar, Senegal, from April 23rd to 25th, 2024. Hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA) Inclusive Growth team,...

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Technical Workshop Marks the Launch of Ghana’s National Data Strategy

The Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation (MoCD) through the Data Protection Commission – Ghana is developing Ghana’s National Data Strategy with financial assistance and support from the Data Economy Program at GIZ, technical assistance from Smart Africa, and technical support...

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Colegas de DPA participan en evento de IA del Tec de Monterrey

On Monday, January 15, 2024, Data-Pop Alliance’s (DPA) Director Emmanuel Letouzé participated in a panel discussion titled, “AI for Humanitarian and Development Applications” at AI House Davos during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland....

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DPA Director Emmanuel Letouzé Participates in AI Panel at AI House Davos

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The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Provides a $400,000 Grant to Data-Pop Alliance

We at Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) are happy and honored to announce the continuation of our partnership with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) through a $400,000 grant. Over the next twelve months, this continued support from PJMF (following a $300,000...

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Our “Overview and Outlook 2022-2024” is Out!

Download the “Overview and Outlook 2022-2024” Report 10 Year Anniversary Edition Finding appropriate metrics to summarize a decade of work by and at Data-Pop Alliance is not easy. It could be the number of projects completed (over 100), of our...

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DPA Presents OPAL for Humanitarian Action at the WFP Innovation Accelerator Event in Luxembourg

On July 29th, DPA Just Digital Transformations Director Talla Ndiaye and Resilient Livelihoods and Ecosystems Director Nigora Isamiddinova presented our project, OPAL for Humanitarian Action, at the World Food Program (WFP) Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator Pitch Event in Luxembourg. This event,...

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Zinnya del Villar Presents DPA’s “Racial Justice Data Project” at RightsCon Costa Rica

DPA Research Director of Data Science Zinnya del Villar gave a presentation titled, “The Racial Justice Data Project: Pursuing Racial Justice through Data in Europe and Latin America”, on July 7th at RightsCon Costa Rica. Zinnya’s travel and participation in...

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DPA Selected to Join the Sustainable Development Solutions Network

SDSN and their Mission The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is a global network of experts and organizations that aims to promote sustainable development solutions to work towards meeting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Established in 2012 by the...

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Realiza tu servicio social en Data-Pop Alliance (Comunicación UX-UI)

DPA tiene 2 vacantes para estudiantes en Comunicación y UX-UI para el 1o semestre de 2023, en el programa “Tecnología y Democracia”. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y fomenta...

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Realiza tu servicio social en Data-Pop Alliance (Ciencias sociales)

DPA tiene 2 vacantes para estudiantes en ciencias sociales, en el programa “Tecnología y Democracia”, para el 1o semestre de 2023. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y fomenta en...

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Realiza tu servicio social en Data-Pop Alliance (Comunicación)

DPA tiene 1 vacante para estudiantes en Comunicación para el 1o semestre de 2023. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y fomenta en el estudiante una conciencia de solidaridad con...

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Realiza tu servicio social en Data-Pop Alliance (Ciencias computacionales / programación)

DPA tiene 1 vacante para estudiantes en ciencias computacionales / programación, en el programa “Tecnología y Democracia”, para el 1o semestre de 2023. Trabajo de forma remota. El Servicio Social es una actividad fundamental que consolida la formación profesional y...

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The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Grants $300,000 to Data-Pop Alliance to Support Our Data Feminism Program

We at Data-Pop Alliance (DPA) are pleased to announce our partnership with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF). PJMF has awarded DPA’s Data Feminism Program a twelve-month, $300,000 grant to support our work advancing intersectional, data-driven research, training and advocacy...

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DPA and ADE Launch New M&E Service: WIND-MEAL

ADE and Data-Pop Alliance have joined forces to create WIND-MEAL (Whole-of-Institution Data-enabled Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning), a portfolio of tools and services aimed at changing the M&E paradigm and practices of institutions and organizations. Despite improvements over the last...

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Convocatoria Beca “Taller Big Data y análisis de seguridad para el desarrollo sostenible”

Presentación Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), con el apoyo y patrocinio de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) a través del Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Santa Cruz, Bolivia, (CFSCZ), ha creado el taller en...

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Our Latest Quarterly Update (Q4-2022) is Out!

Read our most recent Quarterly Update (Q4 – 2022) to learn more about the work we have done during the past few months at Data-Pop Alliance. In it, we feature many recent news and projects, including: A revamped Geographies section...

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DPA Presents Hands-On OPAL Workshop at HumMingBird Conference in Turkey

DPA Director Emmanuel Letouzé and Data Scientists Yasmine Hamdar and Enrique Bonilla attended the HumMingBird Project’s expert workshop titled, “Making the Most of Mobile Phone Data to Map Migration”, held on November 17th and 18th in Istanbul, Turkey. HumMingBird, whose...

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DPA Provided Technical Support for the National Seminar to Launch Tunisia’s National Strategy for the Development of Statistics

English and French versions available. Representatives from NCS, NIS, UNDP-Tunisia and DPA DPA contributed to the technical support provided by the United Nations System in Tunisia to the National Council for Statistics, National Institute of Statistics and Ministry of Economy...

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“Links We Like: A Compilation of 40 Editions” is Available Now!

Links We Like has reached its 40th edition! To celebrate this milestone, we have complied all 40 editions into a downloadable PDF publication. We are proud of the hard work that has gone into creating this valuable resource, which is...

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Convocatoria abierta Beca “Big Data y análisis de salud para el desarrollo sostenible”

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DPA’s Yasmine Hamdar Spoke at UNDP Anti-Corruption Conference

DPA Computational Social Scientist Yasmine Hamdar spoke at the regional workshop on “Using Technology to Prevent and Combat Corruption”, organized by UNDP. The in-person conference took place in Amman, Jordan on the 15th and 16th of June and was attended...