The 2X Challenge has mobilised $11.4bn for women. But what do we know about these investments and how they’re advancing gender equality? Our team has looked back through the data to see how successful the 2X approach has been so far in channelling funds to women and girls. We found a transparency problem – and we’re calling for it to be fixed as part of the certification process.
What tools can be used to track funding for gender equality and women’s empowerment? This blog provides examples of country, institution, funding-specific, and cross-institution tools for tracking gender-related finance. Produced jointly by researchers at the Center for Global Development, Donor Tracker, and Publish What You Fund, this blog provides illustrative examples to give researchers, practitioners, and advocates an idea of the types of tools they can harness to monitor donors’ efforts toward achieving gender equality.
Originally posted by the Brookings Institution, co-authored by Sally Paxton and George Ingram At our launch event on July 8 for the report, “Making gender financing more transparent”, prominent stakeholders, including key donors for gender equality and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), made important commitments to make international funding towards gender equality […]
On July 8 2021, we launched our Making Gender Financing More Transparent report at a webinar hosted by the Brookings Institution. As well as a presentation of our key findings and recommendations, the event featured reflections and insights from experts in data transparency and gender equality.
This week the Gender Financing Project launched the report “Making gender financing more transparent.” This blog reflects on the data needs of gender equality stakeholders and offers three key takeaways for international donors and data platforms to meet them.
Catch up on our webinar to learn how the Nepali government and international donors are funding gender equality in Nepal, and where key stakeholders can work together to improve the transparency of this funding.
