African Data Revolution: Survey
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A selection of gender-related data, concerning gender-based violence, and women in leadership positions.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | No | |
| Publicly available | No | |
| Openly licenced | No | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | The ministry has confirmed that every year, they collect statistics on gender based violence cases, violence against women. We get to see this statistics in newspaper but never the actual data. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | No clear indication of the data format. | |
| Digital data | Yes | Request for gender data can be made through a formal written request to the director or deputy director, their contacts: https://209.88.21.83/web/mgecw/gender-equality. So although, the data is produced, it is not openly available. |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Review of initial submission (including mail exchange), ODIN and web search. | |
| characteristics | Data on violence against women, Data on women in management positions or parliament | In 2012, the Swapo party (Ruling party) passed a law to ensure 50/50 representation in Parliament. Today, 48 out of 104 members of parliament are female. |
| Controlled access | No | |
| Collector name | Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare |