With a single click, users can find out what wages have women in comparison with men in various sectors of the economy, what is the health status of women and men in cities and villages and many others through GenderPulse, which is the first tool for interactive graphical and easy to understand visualization of gender sensitive statistical indicators. GenderPulse (www.genderpulse.md) has been developed in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics and with the support of the United Nations Development Program and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, IPN reports.
Statistical indicators visualized via GenderPulse are synchronized with the bank of statistical data StatBank, which brings together data collected from different institutions and validated by the National Bureau of Statistics. The data viewed on GenderPulse are grouped in five thematic areas, relevant for the analysis of gender issues: demography, participation in decision-making process, education, health and economic empowerment. The data are sex-disaggregated and cover the period starting with 2008. Most infographics on GenderPulse are accompanied by short texts, in user-friendly language.
Ala Negruta, Deputy General Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said the development of such tools for data visualization in a most easy way, but also in an illustrated and attractive manner, is more important than ever for producers and users of gender sensitive statistics. GenderPulse is intended for all those interested in gender issues: the representatives of the central and local public administration authorities, non-governmental organizations, representatives of academia and media.
“GenderPulse provides a better picture of inequalities between women and men which would otherwise remain invisible. It is the first attempt to make disaggregated data accessible, understandable not just to decision-makers but also to any citizen,” said the Country Representative of UN Women in Moldova Ulziisuren Jamsran.
Technical works coordinator Geo Lupascu said GenderPulse is compatible with modern browsers and incorporates solutions for automating data transfer and hosting data on open and closed governmental platforms and for using open source technologies, which can help adjust the platform to other devices. For now the application cannot be accessed from mobile phones.
The platform started to be worked out in May 2015 and was finalized in March 2017. The budget exceeded US$20,000.
