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Knowledge Brief on Gender and CRVS: Making the Invisible, Visible

This 2019 brief is the first in a series providing an overview of how strong CRVS systems can empower women and girls. The Knowledge Brief Series, produced by the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems in partnership with Open Data Watch, aims to inform the evidence base that can help drive the institutional and societal […]

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Seminar Recording: Gender Inclusive Data Collection in CRVS

This seminar first aired live on February 25, 2022. Moderator: Tawheeda Wahabzada, Open Data WatchSpeakers: To overcome the health disparities facing women and girls and people who are nonbinary, we need to better understand how civil registry and vital statistics (CRVS) data are collected and how to improve such data collection efforts within a country’s […]

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Proxy Indicators for Measuring Gender Equity

Gender is understood differently depending upon your perspective. Consider cultural differences – for instance, in Thailand there are 18 genders that are part of the common language, and in India, the Hindi word for gender also means penis.  Trying to measure gender equality and equity globally becomes near impossible because of the diversity of perspectives […]

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Planning for Gender Integration in Health Data

Integrating gender into global health data might seem simple at face value. Yet doing this work in a silo can create unexpected challenges to full integration of gender equity into health data systems.   We can look to other global development fields to learn what has worked, starting with the United Nations.  The 5 key ingredients […]

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Introduction to Gender Responsive Assessment and Gender Levels

Gender, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), comprises the socially constructed characteristics of women, men, girls, and boys, including norms, behaviors, and associated roles with being a woman, man, girl or boy and interactions with each other.  Gender can change over time and varies from place to place and in fact, in many countries […]

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Key Concepts and Definitions related to Sex and Gender

Note from the Gender Equity UnitOur work is deeply motivated by a commitment to women and girls, in light of longstanding systemic discrimination and barriers which continue to affect their full participation and access to opportunity. We also combat discrimination and harmful gender norms that affect people of all genders: women and girls– including transgender […]

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