The call to participate in the data visualization challenge of Canary Women's Open Data project is opened
The government of the Canary Islands has initiated a project to address public policies on reconciliation and co-responsibility based on open data. Under the title of Open Data Canary Women, the objective is to raise awareness and improve gender equality, promoting the balance of work, family and leisure time, as well as the equitable distribution of public and private responsibilities between men and women.
This project consists of three actions:
The first phase, which took place in January 2019, consisted of a participatory event that brought together different profiles (both professionals and experts in the field and citizens interested in the subject) to explore and analyze the available data.
The objective of this phase is to create a visualization based on open data that reflects a reality or problem for women equality, related to conciliation and co-responsibility. The visualization must include at least one dataset published by a public institution of the Canary Islands (Government of the Canary Islands, Istac, Cabildos, Town Councils, etc.). It should be noted that the submitted works must be under Creative Commons BY license.
Those who wish to participate must form groups of 3 to 5 people, where at least 50% of the participants are residents of the Canary Islands. It is not necessary to be an expert in data, because there will be free training related to data reuse and visualization and mentoring programs for participants who need it.
To participate it is necessary to register through the following form. The deadline for presentation of the visualizations is March 19. On March 21, the creators of each visualization will defend their work in front of a jury made up of experts. There will be simultaneous presentations in Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
The three best works will be exposed in the project Virtual Exhibition, a website that will serve to make public all the work done. In this way, they seek to bring the most relevant data to everyone who wants to consult them.
