The Power of Data: How Research Advances Social Change for Women and Girls
A parallel event of the fifty-eighth session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women organized by the Wellesley Centers for Women.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 -- Listen to presentations below!
Rigorous research, sophisticated statistics, and disaggregated data are essential to advancing women’s and girls’ equality and empowerment. For research to be effective in moving the needle on social change, both micro and macro processes need to be investigated, documented, and tested. This "meta issue" needs to be raised up more vigorously as the post-2015 development framework solidifies. A panel of social science researchers and international advocates for women and girls presented "The Power of Data: How Research Advances Social Change for Women and Girls” during this parallel event. The speakers facilitated vigorous conversation about how women-and-gender research institutes around the world can and should serve as key partners in advancing development and other social change initiatives worldwide. They also shared examples and framed some ways NGOs can access and collect data, independently and more effectively in collaboration.
A parallel event of the fifty-eighth session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women organized by the Wellesley Centers for Women.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 -- Listen to presentations below!
Rigorous research, sophisticated statistics, and disaggregated data are essential to advancing women’s and girls’ equality and empowerment. For research to be effective in moving the needle on social change, both micro and macro processes need to be investigated, documented, and tested. This "meta issue" needs to be raised up more vigorously as the post-2015 development framework solidifies. A panel of social science researchers and international advocates for women and girls presented "The Power of Data: How Research Advances Social Change for Women and Girls” during this parallel event. The speakers facilitated vigorous conversation about how women-and-gender research institutes around the world can and should serve as key partners in advancing development and other social change initiatives worldwide. They also shared examples and framed some ways NGOs can access and collect data, independently and more effectively in collaboration.
Presentations, Fact Sheets, and Audio Files:
LAYLI MAPARYAN, Ph.D., Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College
- Presentation Slides
- Making a Difference with Research article
- WCW Fact Sheet 2014
- WCW Milestones 2014
Maparyan introduces speakers, frames the importance of collecting and disaggregating data, and shares news from the U.N. Global Gender Statistics Programme.
19:42 min
PRIYA NANDA, Ph.D., Group Director – Social & Economic Development Group, International Center for Research on Women
Nanda shares examples of how the International Center for Research on Women works with NGOs and advocates to collect data on girls and women/evaluate programs in India with government, corporate, and NGO partners.
18:33 min
AKOSUA DARKWAH, Ph.D., Director, Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana
- Presentation Slides
- CEGENSA Brochure
- CEGENSA Matters (1)
- CEGENSA Matters (2)
- CEGENSA Matters (3)
- CEGENSA Help Sticker
Darkwah shares examples of how she and colleagues at the University of Ghana work with NGOs and advocates to collect data in Africa.
19:06 min
HAVEN LEY, MSc, Senior Advisor to the Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ley shares examples of how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works with NGOs, researchers, advocates and policy makers to move the gender agenda forward globally.
18:03 min
UNITED NATIONS
(Materials shared on behalf of the Global Gender Statistics Programme)
- U.N. Global Gender Statistics Programme Slides (presented at an earlier U.N. side event)
- U.N. Economic and Social Council Gender Statistics Report of the Secretary-General
Q&A SESSION -- Maparyan moderates questions from the floor and answers from panelists.
15:51 min
