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 uncovered in this UNU-IIGH report are:
- The Power of Leaders and Gender Experts
- Leverage committed and responsive leadership
- Invest in highly qualified, strategically positioned gender experts
- The Power of Institutional Structures
- Create organizational strategies that include gender outcome indicators
- Build links between gender teams and budget planning teams
- Strengthen internal performance and financial accountability mechanisms
- The Power of Feminist Civil Society
- Build meaningful partnerships in program design, implementation and evaluation
- Embed feminist civil society groups in institutional government structures
- The Power of the Collective
- Build the evidence base on health burden and solutions
- Design programs and policies to be reflective and responsive to evidence
- The Power of Evidence
- Build the evidence base on health burden and solutions
- Design programs and policies to be reflective and responsive to evidence
It’s easy to see from this report that the key to gender mainstreaming are effective collaborations. To get started, the Gender Equity team and your organization’s Gender Liaisons are here as your gender experts for guidance, support and technical assistance.
