Talking Gender-Sensitive Data

While in Melbourne for an Equality Insights Data Retreat, we were thrilled to sit down with gender data champions and advocates from government ministries in Tonga and Solomon Islands and pick their brains on all things gender data!

See what they had to say below.

Why is gender-sensitive data important?

Listen to gender data champions and advocates Mele Manitisa, Principal Statistician, Tonga Statistics Department, Clifton Koito, Principal Accountant, Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs Solomon Islands, Anterlyn Tuzakana, Chief Statistician (Social), National Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance Solomon Islands and Vailaua Loto’aniu, Economist, National Planning Department, Prime Minister’s Office Tonga, discuss how gender data has impacted their work and how Equality Insights Rapid has helped uncover important data in Solomon Islands and Tonga.

How has gender-sensitive data impacted Solomon Islands?

Vaela Falefehi Ngai, Director of the Women’s Development Division, Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs, speaks to how gender data from Equality Insights Rapid has influenced the policies, programs and interventions in her work.