over 2 years ago // The future of US aid
If USAID wants to change who it funds, it will need to change how it funds. So what are some ways that USAID could fund differently in order to hit its localization targets?
about 4 years ago // Data and Development
A finance clearinghouse launched at the U.N. World Data Forum seeks to connect data needs with funding opportunities in real time. This is just the beginning of a shift toward greater trust and transparency within the data for development space, experts say.
over 4 years ago // Climate change
As donors begin to explore the links between environmental issues and GBV, experts say "we can't close our eyes" to the issue anymore.
almost 5 years ago // Gender equality
Amid the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, advocates are speculating how the U.S. administration’s early show of support for equality will translate to policy and funding action.
almost 5 years ago // Gender equality
COVID-19 has shown the economy depends on women’s unpaid work. Short-term responses should be rolled into systemic change, according to experts at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
over 5 years ago // Focus on: Gender data
There are multiple reasons for the gender data gaps that existed long before COVID-19 — but financing shouldn't be one of them, experts tell Devex.
over 5 years ago // COVID-19
To follow government orders and keep sanitary pad business AFRIpads open during the pandemic, 60 workers lived on the premises for four months.
over 5 years ago // Focus on: Gender data
UN Women rolled out surveys in multiple countries in Asia and the Pacific just weeks after the pandemic was declared. Statistics specialist Sara Duerto Valero explains how the agency was able to act so quickly, and what the data reveals so far about the impacts of the crisis on men and women.
over 5 years ago // Focus on: Gender data
Collecting data on gender-based violence is a sensitive endeavor under any circumstance. Devex asks experts what it looks like now — when women may be in lockdown with their abusers.
over 5 years ago // Focus on: Gender data
Instead of 100 datasets, GovLab co-founder Stefaan Verhulst says he would rather have 100 questions. The research center’s new initiative seeks to identify the world’s most pressing problems and then create data collaboratives to solve them.