Data is critical in the implementation of SDGs 2030 – Press Statement

Availability of Data is crucial in the implementation of SDGs 2030 
Nairobi/17th Feb: If there are no statistics or data to present the actual reality to the gaps of gender inequalities in Africa then women and girls will continue to be disadvantaged and countries may not realize the full implementation of the SDGs2030. 
The African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) is urging for the deliberate infusion of data driven advocacy and approaches by governments and all stakeholders if they are indeed keen to transform the lives of women and girls in Africa. 
“Unless we embrace the data revolution; unless we count what needs to be transformed and account for all who have never been accounted for then we will always be speaking from a point of no-evidence at all!” said FEMNET Executive Director Memory Kachambwa.  “Data is profoundly political. All resource allocation and distribution is pegged on data – without data, issues relating to women and girls will not count”. 
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