With Hon Harriette Chiggai_CS at the Editors Guild Kenya Editors’ Guild Forum on the Data Capacity for Evidence Informed Decision Making. LDRI - Africa
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#GenderData4Dev We had enriching discussions yesterday on leveraging data to enhance the lives of both men and women. It was a pleasure to host Harriette Chiggai_CS and the team from the #Pressclubke @Kenyaeditors. 🧵
'The inaugural time use survey launched in Sept 2023 speaks into women’s contribution to the economy through care. The Govt through the State Department For Gender and Affirmative Action is working with stakeholders to develop our first national care policy well informed by data'Harriette Chiggai_CS
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The Presidents' Women rights Advisor Harriette Chiggai_CS highlighted that the key female specific issues that the society fails to factor are: Women’s unpaid care work and violence against women.
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KEG CEO Rosalia Omungo called for stakeholders to support capacity building initiatives for journalists in data journalism.
'Accuracy in data interpretation and crunching of numbers promotes better understanding of issues being reported.'
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'The right mix of capacities can make data from multiple sources available & integrated so that they can be combined to form a better & a holistic view.'~Muchiri Nyaggah LDRI - Africa.
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' LDRI - Africa goal is to use data to deliver better. How can we deliver better for the women whose rights have been violated across sectors? Information sharing and partnership is crucial.'~Rosalia Omungo
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'There is a need to adopt a gender mainstreaming strategy at all stages of data production. Unless counties are deliberate in finding the women in the data, development will not fully speak to the needs of the whole population.'~Harriette Chiggai_CS
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'We produce data capacity assessment reports for county govts to show where the data gaps & needs lie in decision making processes. The idea is to include a cost framework to help in allocation of resources.'Muchiri Nyaggah LDRI - Africa
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KEG CEO Rosalia Omungo gives opening remarks during the Press Club Luncheon.
'Data journalism calls for continued training for journalists so that they can understand how to mine data from various reports.'
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'High-quality gender data enables evidence-based policies, targeted interventions, specific investments, and informed decision-making. Without robust gender data, achieving gender equality becomes nearly impossible.' ~Harriette Chiggai.
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