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Almost 2 million stillbirths occurred globally in 2021. This number may be an underestimate since stillbirths are quite often not reported. Two in five of these births occur during labour. While some progress has been made in reducing the global stillbirth rate, substantial disparities persist between and within regions and countries, with the most vulnerable […]
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Gender statistics are increasingly becoming a mainstream part of National Statistical Systems. Integrating a gender perspective into statistics and collecting the facts and delivering them to policy makers and the public are essential for leaving no one behind. The purpose of this brief is to share details of a workshop on communicating gender statistics co-hosted […]
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For over two decades, there have been conversations on and commitments to addressing gender inequities in global health. However, these commitments have not brought the necessary change to the structural and systemic drivers of gender inequities. This think piece by Dr. Anju Malhotra, UNU-IIGH, reflects on the reasons and provides three potential action points that […]
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Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems impact people’s lives, and the aggregate data collected affects decisions made by a government on health policy issues. Through the civil registration process, individuals prove their identity and civil and marital status while governments gain the evidence base for making administrative decisions to impact diverse groups of individuals […]
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Gender is context specific and can change over time. Gender norms set expectations for relationships between and among women, men, boys, girls, and gender non-conforming people, and determine expectations of people’s roles in households and communities. Gender norms affect the completeness and accuracy of civil registries and vital statistics systems (CRVS). Many countries require a […]
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