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Open data on femicide: a fundamental step in the fight against violence against women
Femicide, defined as the gender-based murder of women, remains one of the most extreme forms of violence. In 2023, it is estimated that approximately 85,000 women and girls were murdered in the world and of these, 60% died at the hands of intimate partners or family members, which is equivalent to 1…
OGP's assessment and challenges ahead of the forthcoming Global Summit in Spain
The international open government community is preparing for the 9th Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which will take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz next October.. For three days, government representatives, civil society leaders and policy makers from around the world will exchange…
The gender gap: inequality is also in the data
Today, 8 March is the day on which we commemorate women's struggle to achieve their full participation in society, as well as giving visibility to the current gender inequality and demanding global action for effective equality of rights in all areas.
However, the data seem to indicate that we still…
Kaggle and other alternative platforms for learning data science
The profession of the data scientist is booming. According to him 2020 LinkedIn Emerging Jobs Report, the demand for data science specialists grew 46.8% compared to the previous year, being especially demanded in sectors such as banking, telecommunications or research. The report also indicates…
Examples of uncommon open data repositories
Beyond public administrations, libraries, museums and cultural foundations data, the interest in open data knows no borders. We invite you to discover it in this post.
Normally, the concept of open data is associated with those repositories managed by public administrations, foundations and cultural…
Play to be the best with data
Publicly competing with your colleagues to solve a complex problem based on data is an irresistible motivation for some people. Almost as tempting as gaining relevance in a field of expertise as exciting and lucrative as data science.
Public competitions to solve complex problems, whose raw material…
