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The need for feminist intersectionality in digital health

In this article, you will find information on the importance of incorporating a feminist approach into digital health. The authors disclose that while women frequently use digital health tools, women from marginalized areas, including those from low socioeconomic status or ethnic minorities, are often underrepresented. Furthermore, you will find information and interesting discussions on the […]

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Gender Equality Indicators: What, Why and How? 

Learn how gender indicators measure changes in gender gaps and women’s empowerment over time. Gender indicators can improve planning, programming, and accountability, as well as raise awareness. However, what gets measured depends on who defines the indicators. Local participation, adaptation to context, qualitative and quantitative data, and attention to implementation gaps are important for developing […]

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The Life-Course Approach to CRVS: A Crucial Tool to Advance Gender Equality

This report provides an insight on how deficiencies in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems can marginalize women and girls. Through three country case studies, this article demonstrates how under-registration throughout the life course denies legal identity and perpetuates gender inequality.  Additionally, the report finds major registration gaps affecting women across vital events. Delayed […]

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The new Building Responsive Investments in Data for Gender Equality (BRIDGE) Tool

The BRIDGE Tool assessment consists of four key components: For additional information about the project and for questions about any of the products above, please contact Lorenz Noe and Tawheeda Wahabzada at Open Data Watch.

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Preventing and Addressing Stillbirths Along the Continuum of Care: A Global Advocacy and Implementation Guide

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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WHO Health Inequality Data Repository

Explore health inequality monitoring evidence, tools, resources and training here: https://www.who.int/data/inequality-monitor/data

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