OUR RESOURCES

We produce original research and data analysis across a range of development issues.

Gender data, Technology & digitization

Building alliances for gender equality: How the tech community can strengthen the gender data ecosystem

This report brings the needs and concerns of the gender and development community into conversation with the intentions, capabilities and data-expertise of the tech community.
Gender-related violence

Measuring gender-based violence: Data collection and evidence on violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics

This report addresses a critical gap in global efforts to end gender-based violence and its intersections with discriminatory factors, by specifically focusing on the challenges related to data collection and evidence on the experiences of people with diverse SOGIESC.
Gender-related violence

Spotlight Initiative Learning Brief: UNICEF’s lessons learned from the Spotlight Initiative to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls in Latin America and the Caribbean

This brief synthesizes insights from the experiences of UNICEF’s Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) and Country Offices (CO) in the region implementing the Spotlight Initiative to inform future programming, policy development, and partnership strategies for addressing the interconnected issues of violence against children (VAC) and violence against women (VAW). It offers practical guidance for policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working to create a safer, more equitable environment for women and children in the region and beyond.
Economic empowerment, Engaging men & boys, Health

Gender and Immunization: Global Gender Analysis Tool

This global tool can provide guidance on collecting adequate gender data to support UNICEF offices, governments, and partners across regions and countries in these efforts. The purpose of this global standard tool is to guide an analysis that examines the underlying drivers of gender and intersecting inequalities, and to identify actionable entry points for field-level programming to help catalyze structural changes on vaccine access and usage.
Social protection

World survey on the role of women in development 2024: Harnessing social protection for gender equality, resilience and transformation

This ninth edition takes stock of progress, gaps, and challenges in building comprehensive, gender-responsive social protection systems. It provides examples and recommendations on how these systems can better protect women and girls from poverty and deprivation, strengthen their resilience to shocks, and transform social norms, structures, and institutions that keep them from realizing their full potential.
Technology & digitization

What does it take to have gender-responsive AI-driven health research? Takeaways from the Gender Action Learning Workshop in Nairobi

On February 22-24, 2023, members of the AI4COVID research teams COLEV, ACADIC, APHRC and UCAD convened in Nairobi, Kenya for the third and final workshop of the Gender Action Learning (GAL) process, a peer-based learning methodology for building gender-responsive capacity, which they had engaged in since July 2021.
Economic empowerment, Social protection

Towards universal, gender-responsive social protection ?: a global review of national social protection policies

This brief presents key findings from a joint UN Women/ILO analysis of national social protection strategies and policies from a gender and human rights perspective.
Social norms

Social norms, gender and development: a review of research and practice

This paper provides a ‘state of the evidence’ on social norms change.
Care, Climate, Economic empowerment, Social protection, Women's leadership

Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy

The Women’s Economic Empowerment Strategy articulates UN Women’s vision for enabling women’s economic agency, autonomy and well-being.
Gender data, Technology & digitization, Women's leadership

Learning Brief 4: Advancing women’s leadership in AI research and innovation

This brief provides an overview of gender disparity in AI-driven research and innovation and spotlights effective strategies to bolster women’s representation, leadership, and influence in the field.