Age and Sex Matter 1 2 The thesis: Collection and intelligent use - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Age and Sex Matter 1

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The thesis: Collection and intelligent use of sex and age disaggregated data leads to more effective and efficient assistance and protection. 3

Sex Matters 4

Age Matters 5

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Study Method 45 policy documents 38 interviews 300+ studies 8

Data Drives! “Without data and analysis there is no impartiality”

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Operational Momentum 11

Operational Momentum Darfur is Islamic Arab raiders V Non ‐ Islamic Settled villagers Afghanistan is post ‐ Taliban, non ‐ conflict 12

Data costs …. and saves 13

Sex matters Tsunami: 4 female for every 1 male death 14

Age Matters 15

Educational Mobility in Afghanistan Percent of villages per district where boys <14 are Percent of villages per district where girls <14 are not in school because schools are not available, not in school because schools are not available, or are too far away or are too far away Badakhshan Badakhshan Kunduz Kunduz Balkh Balkh Jawzjan Jawzjan Takhar Takhar Samangan Samangan Faryab Faryab Parwan Parwan Sari Pul Sari Pul Baghlan Baghlan Nuristan Nuristan Kunar Kunar Badghis Badghis Laghman Bamyan Bamyan Laghman Ghor Ghor Kabul Kabul Wardak Wardak Nangarhar Nangarhar Uruzgan Uruzgan Logar Logar Hirat Hirat Ghazni Ghazni Paktya Paktya Khost Khost Farah Farah Zabul Zabul Paktika Paktika Key to Features Key to Features No data No data 0% 0% 1-25% 1-25% Kandahar Kandahar Nimroz Nimroz 26-50% 26-50% Hilmand Hilmand 51-100% 51-100% 100 0 100 200 Kilometers 100 0 100 200 Kilometers 16

Somalia 17

What happens in my village? 18

Agricultural labor 19

Grave Violations: Uganda 20

Good analysis, poor response 21

Can you build a house? 22

Latrines in Haiti 411 People 20 people 23

Latrines in Haiti 24

Haiti, hidden elderly Food aid distribution to IDPs stopped in April 2010 25

Shelter & Camps 26

Getting it right Croatian Red Cross 10,000 people 500 Settlements 27

Getting it right McRam Mixed Male/Female assessment teams 28 2500 Households, 383 focus groups

Getting it right 29

Reality check 1. Collecting & using data is good! But …. 2. Virtually no collection in Phase I & II 3. Education & Shelter do better 4. When collected , little used 5. Where used, demonstrable difference 30

Why? • Evidence doesn’t matter • Donors and cluster leaders not interested • Collecting evidence makes us accountable • Don’t believe it is possible 31

Age and Sex Matter Agencies Donors • Collect • Insist of SADD collection and use • Analysis • Evaluate by SADD • Act • Document 32