Presentation of Gender Pulse

1. Gender equality in figures
www.genderpulse.md

2. Presentation structure
Context and premises. Stages passed.
Technical development.
Obtained results and follow-up.

3. 1
Context and premises for
development of
GenderPulse.
Stages passed.

4. Double issue:
Civil society needs disaggregated data
and abilities to use them for research
and keeping the decision-makers
accountable.
Use of statistics by the decision-makers for
policy-making and monitoring of their impact
monitoring & evaluation is very limited.

5. Data in different sources and format
Contradictory and dispersed data
Limited capacities for data understanding
Weak abilities to interpret data
Premises:

6. Solution:
A tool for interactive graphical visualization for easy understanding of the
gender sensitive statistics
www.genderpulse.md

7. Increase visibility and credibility of data
Enhance knowledge and skills for data users
Increase data use
Generate demand for new data
Objectives:

8. Roles vs target-groups:
NBS: data source, data interpretation, ownership
eGov: open data dissemination , promotion and hosting on cloud
Ministries and authorities: users of application, data providers to NBS
Expert community: use of application, research
Civil society: use and promotion
Bloggers, journalists, general public: use and promotion

9. Source data requirements
Identification of gender sensitive data sources
Data disaggregated by various criteria (sex, age, regions, etc.)
Availability of data in open data format
Data timeliness and their regular update
Keeping the address/place of data dissemination
Following the unchangeable structure for dissemination at different periods of time
Function for data export in open data format out of the information system
Possibility to automatically upload data

10. Data: analyzed sources
Alternative sources of
data - 28
Data collection and hosting
platforms - 3
Web-pages of
ministries and public
authorities - 16

11. Data: selected source
The best data hold with professionals - Statbank (National Bureau of Statistics)
Contained sex-disaggregated data
Regular and systematic data update
Offers data via API

12. Team:
Web designer
Info-graphics
Backend
programmer
Frontend
Programmer
Statistician
System
Administrator
Databank
specialist
Statistician Project
manager
Programme
specialist
Monitoring and
evaluation
eGov
consultant
Technical
Coordinator

13. Technical development
GenderPulse
2

14. Technologies:
Programming languages/scripting/markup: PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Framework-s Laravel 5.2
Libraries: Javascript(jQuery, Selectize, D3.js, Bootstrap, summernote),
CSS(Bootstrap), Node.js(gulp), PHP(guzzle, snappy)
Animation / viewing modes: tranziții D3.js, animații jQuery, animații CSS3
Backend API: PC-Axis, CKAN
Serverside Soft: Apache, MariaDB, PHP 7, wkhtmltoimage

15. Name: creativity

16. Name: selection
92 names proposed by a working group of 12 persons with different expertise
10 names in the shortlist: Genderstats, gendermotion, InfoGender, Genderpulse,
dategender, GenderFacts, GenderAnalytics, genderview, datagender, genderstory
For most of them the domains .md .com .info - available
GenderPulse – cumulated an average score of 3.3 points (out of 5), ranking the
4th the in the top list, lower that the names with 3.5 and 4.1 scores
Criteria for approval of the final name: easy to remember, length, multi-lingual
universality, relevant for the project, phonetic soundness , associated emotions

17. Branding: logo

18. Design:
Vector info-graphics created
Designed images and pictograms
specific to the visualized topics
Public libraries avoided
Modern style distinct for the project
Innovation applied in design

19. Programming:
New solutions compatible with
modern browsers
VG graphics implemented to ensure
high quality
Focus on automation
Programmed animations
(no gif, flash or video)
Innovation applied in development

20. Data flow:
Statistics collected in
Moldova
NBS collects and
validates data
Statisticians make
data interpretation
Open dissemination
of data via Statbank
Hosting on eGov cloud
Gender Pulse – visualization
of interactive graphics

21. Data sources

22. Result: infographic

23. Application: content

24. Application: menu

25. Application: static pages

26. Application: instructions

27. Application: blog

28. Application: info-graphs

29. Application: useful elements

30. Application: useful elements

31. Obtained results and
follow-up
GenderPulse 3

32. Application:
5 domains, 44 statistical indicators
EducationParticipation in decisions
Health Economic empowerment
Demography
Implementation period - May 2015 - March 2017

33. Overview of a domain

34. Details on domain

35. Interactive maps

36. Active Tabs

37. Multiple characteristics

38. Single values

39. Specific to women

40. Complex info-graph

41. Advantages
User friendly: easy to understand by
any data users
Interactive info-graphics:
involvement of user
Open data principles
Sustainability: institutionalized,
hosted on governmental cloud
Reusable: enables adaptation to
other data
Disadvantages
Lack of mobile version: only web
and desktop version
Requires technical team
involvement for scale-up on new
domains and indicators
Simplified conclusions: being
aimed for large public understating of
data, it might be insufficient for
analysts and researchers

42. Follow-up:
Promotion for certain target-groups (public servants,
journalists, CSOs, bloggers)
Local and international communication campaign
Automated updated of new data
Scale-up on other domains and institutions
Adaptation to mobile technologies

43. Thank you
For questions:
gender@statistica.md
We invite you to explore
www.genderpulse.md
Note: english version of the website is in
implementation