Sex, age (and more) still matter: Data collection, analysis, and use in humanitarian practice

By Dyan Mazurana, Anastasia Marshak, and Kinsey Spears

Affiliated faculty Dr. Dyan Mazurana, who directs the Feinstein International Center’s Research Program on Women, Children and Armed Conflict, co-authored with Dr. Anastasia Marshak and Fletcher PhD candidate Kinsey Spears “Sex, age (and more) still matter: Data collection, analysis, and use in humanitarian practice”, published in collaboration with UN Women and CARE. The report assesses the impact of the landmark report on sex-, age-, and disability disaggregated data (SADD) published a decade ago and offers new recommendations to realize the collection and use of such data.

“The humanitarian community has come a long way since the first Sex and Age Matter report was published in 2011. In the new report, we show how that progress has been uneven. The collection and analysis of sex-, age, and disability disaggregated data do not consistently inform programming and require further commitment and investment.”