Defending Dignity A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Ahn reviews the list of preliminary indicators she has identified. She concludes
that she should be able to find most, but not all, of the data she needs through
desk research. She puts together a list and a timeline of all the tasks she will
need to carry out to complete her research, including to:
• Download all relevant data that is publicly available from online sources
(e.g. from the websites of relevant government ministries, international
organizations)
• Source copies of relevant government policies, plans and programmes, as
well as relevant evaluation reports
• Request relevant government ministries (e.g. Ministry of Health, Ministry
of Finance) and municipal governments to provide her with data that is not
publicly available
• Collect primary data from indigenous women
• With the assistance of a statistician, analyse the data collected to answer
the research questions.
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
This chapter is based on the School of Data’s course on Data Fundamentals,
available at: https://schoolofdata.org/courses/#DataFundamentals
The following references are also recommended for further reading:
Tactical Tech, Data & Design How-to’s Note 1: Where is your evidence?,
available at: https://drawingbynumbers.org/data-design-basics/note-1-where-isyour-evidence
Spirer, L. and Spirer, H. (2001), Intermediate Data Analysis for Human Rights: A
Handbook
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