Data and Development – A Conversation with Peoples’ Voices Challenge Winner, Popily
Throughout the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the UN Millennium Campaign had the pleasure of hosting the Peoples’ Voices Challenge Award Ceremony at the We the Peoples Hub. The Peoples’ Voices Challenge Awards is a celebration of the work of the hundreds of partners at the United Nations who gave voice to those who don’t […]
Visually explore MY World data with Popily
Humans of the world can now visually explore the data from the MY World global survey in new ways. Popily – a data science and visualization company — has uploaded the open data from the survey onto their site, allowing users to further investigate, discuss and understand the survey via thousands of data visualizations. The […]
Mobilizing the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development
Blog by Caya Johnson, MY World Global Youth Advocate “Data are the lifeblood of decision-making and the raw material for accountability. Without high-quality data providing the right information on the right things at the right time; designing, monitoring and evaluating effective policies becomes almost impossible.” – A World that Counts – Mobilising the Data Revolution for […]
An Honest and Responsive Government – the Role of Citizen Voice
Blog by Caya Johnson, Global Youth Advocate “Throughout history, progress has always been driven by citizens, who have the courage to raise their voices” – US President Barack Obama, Open Government Partnership Side-Event, 24 Sept. 2014 By empowering people around the world to have their priorities heard at the UN, the MY World 2015 Global […]
MY World, Your Data
Recently in New York, data gurus and global development experts gathered together for a special MY World + UN Global Pulse event to explore possible ways of utilizing the MY World data set. To date, more than 645,000 people from 194 countries have cast their vote and provided incredibly useful demographic information – age, gender, […]