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Driving Gender-Transformative Climate Solutions with Data: GEDA Small Grants in Action
In 2024, the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), together with the Gender and Environment Data Alliance (GEDA), committed to enabling better collection, analysis, and application of gender-environment data through a new small grants mechanism. Less than a year later, that commitment is already driving real impact—both on the ground and on the global stage through its small grants program.
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The iCount! Coalition: Shaping Data Futures that Centre Individuals
The iCount Coalition: Shaping Data Futures’ CSW69 workshop explored how data science can drive inclusive policy change. Led by Joanne Crawford of the International Women’s Development Agency, the session examined how mathematics, economics, and statistics reveal hidden lived realities. Breakout sessions highlighted how data can help build a future where everyone is counted.
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From Local to Global: What We Are Learning About the 2024 Commitments and the Path Forward
The Commit to Data (C2D) initiative was launched in 2024 to accelerate sustainable development and create inclusive, equitable, and robust data systems worldwide. Within less than six months, we received over 72 commitments from civil society and international organizations, governments, academia, and the private sector. Together, these commitments are more than isolated pledges–they represent a collective effort to make data systems support everyone.
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Celebrating Progress: Commit to Data Debuts at the 2024 UN World Data Forum
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on a powerful year for the Commit to Data (C2D) initiative—one that brought our community together to champion smarter, more sustainable investments in data. With the start in Medellín, C2D continues to grow as a movement grounded in action, partnerships, and accountability, with eyes ahead towards Riyadh.
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