While the fighting in the Syrian civil war has mostly stopped, an estimated 5.6 million Syrians remain living in neighboring countries.Of these, an estimated 1.5 million are sheltering in Lebanon. Ongoing efforts by organizations such as UNHCR to support the refugee population are often ineffective in reaching those most in need. According to UNHCR’s 2019 Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees … Read More
Movilidad para llegar más lejos: ¿cómo se mueven las mujeres en Lima y CDMX?
El presente estudio analiza los patrones de movilidad de las mujeres de Lima Metropolitana y de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, dos de las metrópolis más importantes de Latinoamérica debido a su papel en el crecimiento económico de la región. Cada vez más mujeres latinoamericanas salen de casa y ejercen su derecho a la movilidad para llegar a … Read More
Links We Like: A Compilation of 40 Editions
Links We Like Turns 40! Technically, Links We Like (LWL) has been around for seven years, and in that time we have produced 40 editions, all of which are compiled here in a downloadable PDF form. LWL began in 2015 as a way for us to take stock of the debates and conversations around the data landscape, as well as … Read More
Informe Nacional Voluntario (INV) Guinea Ecuatorial 2022
Guinea Ecuatorial adoptó la Agenda 2030 de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) con el objetivo de erradicar la pobreza, proteger el planeta y así facilitar que todas las personas vivan en paz y prosperidad, por un lado, y, por otro lado, para movilizar los medios y recursos necesarios para su implementación mediante alianzas y planes inclusivos. Con base a … Read More
Capturing the Socioeconomic and Cultural Drivers of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Sierra Leone
This report aims to identify the root causes and consequences of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Sierra Leone and provide evidence that will form the basis for targeted policy recommendations to respond to and prevent this phenomenon. The study adopted a mixed methods convergent parallel design, combining qualitative and quantitative methods to identify and analyse the trends and patterns … Read More
Parallel Worlds: Revealing the Inequity of Access to Urban Spaces in Mexico City Through Mobility Data
The near-ubiquitous use of mobile devices generates mobility data that can paint pictures of urban behavior at unprecedented levels of granularity and complexity. In the current period of intense sociopolitical polarization, mobility data can help reveal which urban spaces serve to attenuate or accentuate socioeconomic divides. If urban spaces served to bridge class divides, people from different socioeconomic groups would … Read More
Replicating Gender Bias from Above: Earth Observation, Machine Learning and SDG 5
With the increased application of Earth Observation (EO) data, combined with the higher spatial and temporal granularity of data and the potential benefits of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, ethical concerns around EO have become more salient. In this science-policy brief, we examine the effects of EO data collected without a gender-inclusive perspective, and how that raw data (or processed by … Read More
Overview and Outlook 2021-2023
Even for the most optimistic, any hopes that 2021 and the first half of 2022 would constitute a decisive upward inflection from recent and old trends should, by now, unfortunately have been put to rest. The past year has been generally more of the same, or worse, as pre-existing fissures and excesses have continued to be exposed and often exacerbated: … Read More
Mental Health and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region: An Analysis of Shock Related Factors within the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper investigates the potential associations between factors that affected households during the pandemic (such as food insecurity) and the gendered mental health inequalities in the MENA region. To analyze these potential associations, the paper used data from the World Health Organization (five-question module to measure mental health and well-being) and the ERF COVID-MENA Monitor Survey panel dataset. The results … Read More
Assessing the Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 on Agriculture, Food Security, Livelihood and Food Systems in Liberia
This study carried out by Data-Pop Alliance with guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organization in Liberia and with support from the European Union (EU), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Liberia, provides evidence on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on agriculture, food security, livelihoods, and food systems in Liberia. By combining the insights emerging from the … Read More