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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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women became the majority of law students. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia.

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Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

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In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. . The future for Equal Measures 2030.

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How a Multi-Sectoral Partnership is Fueling Progress Towards Gender Equality and the 2030 Global Goals

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In 2017, Equal Measures 2030 —an independent civil society and private sector-led partnership—was established in order to connect data and evidence with advocacy and action as a means to drive gender equality and reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. . The future for Equal Measures 2030.

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Lessons on Policymakers, Gender Equality, and Data

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Last week at the United Nations General Assembly , Equal Measures 2030 launched a multi-country policymaker survey that explored perceptions of progress on gender-related issues and access to and use of data to inform decisions. Gender equality is a cross-cutting and must not be considered as a single policy issue in the eyes of governments.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? The Global Fund tries to measure those results, not so much by our own standards, but by the standards that the groups that we support set for themselves. For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact.

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