Data Feminism

The EU Gender Action Plan III (EU GAP III) is the European Union’s framework for promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in its external action for the period 2021-2025. As this period comes to a close, DPA, in collaboration with...

DPA, with funding from UN Women – Mali, conducted a comprehensive analysis of the situation of women and men in Mali, identifying key challenges faced by women and girls in realizing their economic, social, and political rights. The analysis combined...

This study performs a geospatial analysis of care services in Kathmandu and Lalitpur Metropolitan Cities (KMC and LMC) and Birendranagar Municipality (BMP), with a focus on childcare, elder care, and disability support. By leveraging both traditional and innovative data sources,...

The UN Women Gender Data Training for Planning and Budgeting in Pakistan training module, developed by Data-Pop Alliance for UN Women Pakistan, is designed to enhance the capacity of government and institutional stakeholders to effectively use gender data for informed...

DPA, with funding from UNFPA and support from the University of Melbourne, developed a series of online training modules on ‘Harmful Practices’ against women. This course teaches participants the foundational principles of Child Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), gender-biased sex...

Technology-facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TF-GBV) against women in politics is an increasing, global concern for democracies. It is situated within the rising anti-gender and anti-feminist backlash and further aided by resistance from technology companies for greater regulations of their activities and...

The Gender Tool harnesses advanced technology to generate timely, actionable insights that enhance decision-making for gender equality. With a user-friendly interface, it streamlines the analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data, integrates AI assistance, and provides support from a team...

DPA, in collaboration with the University of Surrey, developed a project to highlight the importance of understanding the multiple factors that influence the reporting, prevention, and response to GBV. The project aimed to create a novel, comprehensive, data-driven framework to...

With the generous support of the Patrick J McGovern Foundation, Data-Pop Alliance and Eureka proudly launched the free Book and Movie Club titled “Technology Through Feminist Lenses.” The club conducted sessions in three languages: English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Throughout its...

Data-Pop Alliance (DPA), in collaboration with Open Data Watch (ODW), was tasked with creating a pioneering gender data framework for urban environments, commissioned by the City Hub and Network for Gender Equity (CHANGE). This framework was intended for implementation across...

This Book Club, featured the book “Counting Femicide: Data Feminism in Action” by Catherine D’Ignazio, which documents the creative, intellectual, and emotional labor of data activists across the Americas as they seek to fill the institutional gap in counting femicides...

DPA, in collaboration with ILDA, conducted a case study examining the evidence available on the Overton Platform regarding the influence of research on gender-based violence in policy. Overton is touted as the world’s most comprehensive searchable index of policy documents,...

Phase 1: DPA, in collaboration with Abogadas MX, led the design and development of the Central Database and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software for the “Standards for Diversity and Inclusion in Law Firms in Mexico” Program. This included the creation...

In partnership with UN Women Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, DPA conducted a two-day in-person advanced training for the Gender Statistics Unit at UN Women. The primary objective was to empower participants with the skills to handle non-traditional data...

In partnership with Fòs Feminista, Data-Pop Alliance conducted a nine-month project aimed at strengthening understanding of how youth-friendly approaches are being applied in digital sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Through a combination...

Mila’s AI for Humanity Team identified high-impact, socially beneficial projects and invested in their development and deployment. AI offered possibilities for enhancing well-being and contributing to the SDGs but also had the potential to deepen divides. AI was generally designed...

The Data Feminism Series, co-organized and developed by the GIZ Data Lab and Data-Pop Alliance, aimed at exploring, from different angles, what Feminist Development Cooperation is / should be, specifically within the context of the GIZ. In addition, the event...

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) awarded DPA’s Data Feminism Program a twelve-month, $300,000 grant to support our work advancing intersectional, data-driven research, training and advocacy to continue fostering gender equality across Latin America and the Caribbean, the MENA region...

This project, developed in partnership with UNIDAS and GIZ Data Lab, leveraged traditional and non-traditional data sources to assess the reporting capability of women and girls in Mexico City, Bogota and Sao Paulo. The analytical model estimated the probability of...

Gender Data 201, is a free, self-paced, online course developed by DPA with support from Meta and in collaboration with TechChange (the hosting platform). The objective of the course has been to offer a hands-on online learning experience that equips...

The need to end child marriage and FGM has never been greater –without accelerated progress to end both of these harmful practices, millions of women and girls across the globe will continue to be in danger. DPA, in collaboration with...

Female and male commuters utilize public transportation differently, yet not enough is known about women’s commuting experiences and challenges. In countries such as Mexico and Peru, gendered perspectives in public policy are starting to be considered, but public action remains...

In partnership with UNDP Sierra Leone, this project assessed the prevalence, incidence, trends, and patterns of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Sierra Leone through a mixed-methods approach and innovate machine learning techniques. By analyzing the structural and root causes...

Developed in partnership with Cinvestav, a network of 11 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) research centers across Mexico, this project aimed to provide an institutional gender assessment of the challenges that women working and studying in the network face...

The CGEP of Liberia, the first of its kind in the country, examined the situation of gender inequality in Liberia from a multi-sectoral and intersectional perspective, including an analysis of the gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as...

As part of UN Women’s “TransformCare Investment Initiative in the Asia and Pacific region”, this project aimed to promote evidence-informed decision making for equitable care systems as a foundation for inclusive urban development. UN Women led the initiative, with the...