Gender data & policy advocacy

Simplifying Gender Issues. Shaping Policy. Empowering Change.

We turn complex data on girls and women into clear insights for policy and action.

Shape of Light at work in a school session
Who we are

A translation layer between evidence and action

Too much of the research on girls and women — across health, education, safety, economic participation and leadership — sits in PDFs few people read and language few people can use.

We take that evidence and turn it into clear, simplified insight that advocates, policymakers, community organisations and everyday citizens can understand, share and act on.

Our method

What We Do

We curate what already exists, strip out the jargon, and hand it back in a form that can move a budget line, a policy, or a classroom.

A Shape of Light session with students
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Research

Curating data on critical issues.

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Simplification

Turning data into clear insights.

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Policy & Advocacy

Influencing better policies.

Evidence that is meant to be used, not filed away.

Everything we publish is built to travel — into a budget hearing, a community meeting, a grant proposal, a newsroom.

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Thematic areas

From health to leadership

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Ways to partner

Submit, co-create, or use

Open

Free to use

Every insight, no paywall

Collaborate

Work With Us

Three ways to put this work to use — whether you hold the data, need it, or want to build something with us.

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Submit Data

Share your research with us.

Submit report
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Co-Create Reports

Partner to develop briefs

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Use Our Insights

Leverage data for advocacy.

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Support the work

Your support keeps this evidence free and open.

Funding covers the outreach sessions, the research curation, and the design work that turns a dense report into something a community can actually use.

Pupils receiving support during a menstrual health outreach

Have data? Want to drive change?