Research Coalition
Sharing research to enable data-driven and evidence-based action in support of digital gender equality
Taking stock: Data and evidence on gender equality in digital access, skills and leadership
The inaugural report of the EQUALS Research Coalition
Women and girls are still lagging far behind their male peers in the digital realm, according to a new report launched by the EQUALS Partnership. The report highlights the implications of persistent gaps across different facets of digital technologies.
Lead partner: UN University Institute on Computing and Society
Sex-disaggregated ICT data in Africa
A report by the EQUALS Research Coalition
EQUALS Research Coalition, members conducted an analysis of the state of sex-disaggregated information and communications technology (ICT) data in Africa in international databases. This analysis builds on the inaugural 2019 EQUALS Research Coalition Report in which Chapter 6 covered “The state of sex- disaggregated data” in ICT Access, Skills, Leadership, and the Dark Side of ICT.
Lead partners: African Development Bank Group, Research ICT Africa, and Data2X
About the EQUALS Research Coalition
Purpose
Supporting the work of the three EQUALS Coalitions, the Research Coalition – led by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and The Georgia Institute of Technology (co-lead partner) – is fundamental to our emphasis on evidence-driven actions.
Composed of experts in information gathering and analysis, the coalition focuses on generating knowledge about the existence, causes and remedies for gender tech inequalities, and on motivating key stakeholder groups, including private sector companies, government departments, regulatory agencies, and academia, to collect and share gender-relevant data.
Why it matters
Strong, credible data and case studies are vital not only to understanding the scope of the problem across different countries and regions, but also to recognizing successful strategies that could be replicated by others. Sex-disaggregated data is essential to a better understanding of the realities for women globally concerning their access to technology, skills development and leadership opportunities in the tech sector. Contextualizing and correctly interpreting data is critical to applying knowledge effectively to close gender gaps.
A strong evidence foundation will help the three EQUALS Coalitions develop targeted interventions for specific geographies and demographics, for more effective programmes, which can themselves be rigorously measured and evaluated.
Research Coalition Goals
Our goal is to ensure practitioners and policymakers have the intelligence they need to make informed decisions.
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Identify key knowledge and evidence gaps
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Conduct research on priority topics
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Provide practitioners and policymakers with actionable information.
Research Coalition Partners
Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology, Arizona State University
Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition; University of Pennsylvania
Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University Delhi
Centro de Estudos sobre as Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Communication Leadership Program, University of Washington
Computer Science Department, Mount Holyoke College
Computing and Society Research Institute, United Nations University
Department of Communication, University of Macau
Department of Information Systems, University of the Western Cape
Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape
Dialog on Information Society in Latin America Peru
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Information School, University of Washington
Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies
International Development Research Centre
International Gender Studies Centre, University of Oxford
International Telecommunications Union
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Latin American Postgraduate Institute of Social Sciences (FLACSO )
Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
Royal Holloway, University of London
School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
Get involved
The programmatic work of the three coalitions will drive the Research Coalition’s overall direction of data collection and analysis.
If you have research expertise or data to share and would like to contribute to the important work of the coalition, we’d love to get you involved.
Reach out to us at equals@itu.int.