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Women Deliver President/CEO Katja Iversen discusses women in leadership and links between sexual and reproductive health and rights and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to advance gender equality with the first female President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde. Read the conversation here.
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Improve Data and Accountability
for Girls and Women
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Applying a gender lens to the Sustainable Development Goals requires accurate, disaggregated data to fuel evidence-based advocacy, guide interventions, and hold governments accountable to their commitments.
As world leaders and advocates gather at the UN General Assembly in New York, the Deliver for Good Campaign is putting data and solutions for ensuring accountability front and center.
From exciting new research released at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference to inspiring examples of data-fueled advocacy, Deliver for Good partners are using evidence to deliver for girls and women and power progress for all.
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Solutions in Action
The Deliver for Good campaign seeks to fuel solutions across three strategic pillars for change — 1) Change the Narrative, 2) Mobilize Multi-Sector Allies, and 3) Inspire Concrete Action.
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1) Change the Narrative
It's time to change the narrative around girls and women from victims and vulnerable to powerful agents of change and drivers of progress.
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Accountability and Inclusivity - Girls & Young Women Want Their Governments' Commitment
CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality
Youth activism has the potential to ignite progress. CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality discuss ways in which youth activists and youth-led organizations can hold their governments accountable on critical sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, ranging from forced early marriage to FGM.
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Nap Time as a Human Right? Visions of Equal Care from the State of the World's Fathers 2019
Promundo US
Women spend significantly more time providing care and domestic work, but receive more time to rest and recuperate when men contribute an equal share of work. The 2019 State of the World's Fathers report includes new research on men's caregiving and offers ways forward to equalize care work.
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Delivering Gender Equality and Health: The Lancet Series on Gender Equality, Norms and Health
The Lancet/Stanford University
Launched at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, this Lancet series explores key analyses and insights into the impact of gender inequalities on health systems, programs, and policies. Building off this research, the Lancet calls on leaders in national governments, global healthcare, academic settings, and more to engage actors to work toward gender equality.
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Bringing Equality Home: The Power Of Families to Advance Women's Rights
UN Women
UN Women celebrates the progress made to ensure families are places of equality and justice for girls and women and advocates for a comprehensive family-friendly policy agenda to continue progress. Learn more about the state of families from the Progress of the World's Women: Families in a Changing World report.
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2) Mobilize Partners
We must work effectively across sectors, issues, geographies, and generations. When we integrate and collaborate we accelerate action for girls and women.
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Kenya Census Could Help Advance Gender Equality
SDG Kenya Forum
To strengthen data collection, analysis, utilization, and dissemination, it is crucial to evaluate issues that impact girls and women from an intersectional perspective. Here's how Kenya is making strides towards better gender data.
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Turning Data Into Insights on Progress Towards Global Gender Equality
Equal Measures 2030
The SDG Gender Index is a data-driven tool that allows gender advocates to explore countries' strengths and weaknesses, choose future policy targets, and share insights with each other.
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Stronger Together: Opportunities for Greater Accountability for the SDGs
Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
Many countries conduct performance audits to examine how well their governments are implementing the SDGs, but often miss important perspectives from citizens and CSOs. CAAF examines how their input can strengthen audits, helping to identify how government programs are impacting vulnerable and marginalized communities.
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3) Inspire Action
Partners advocate for policies, programs, and investments that put girls and women at the center of development action.
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Why Understanding Adolescents' Perceptions of Gender Inequitable Norms is Important for Development Programming
FHI 360
A recent study in Uganda found that perceptions of girls and boys are similar on most gender norms. How can development practitioners use this information to design targeted gender-responsive programs?
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To Leave No One Behind, We Need Better Gender Data
OECD Development Centre
There is not nearly enough data on the drivers of gender inequality. The OECD Development Centre advocates for data that moves beyond standard gender-disaggregation and recognizes the important insight social norms provide for policy decisions and development.
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