Factivism, feminism & the sexist data crisis
summary
Global extreme poverty falls about 60% since 1990, yet huge measurement gaps persist: one third of births and roughly 80% of deaths go unregistered, and in sub‑Saharan Africa 80% of indicators for women’s economic empowerment are missing. Women are about 23% less likely to own a mobile phone, skewing digital surveys. Responses include satellite imagery—about 100 micro‑satellites remapping the planet every 48 hours at ~5 m resolution—and incentive models that trade airtime for local data to fill those gaps.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to Factivism
- 1:47Progress against extreme poverty
- 5:20The data crisis in development
- 8:30Poverty is sexist and data is missing
- 9:55Call to action for data revolution
- 12:43Strength campaign for Eva
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