Category Archives: Conferences & Meetings

Social Good Summit 2016: How DHS data can help measure progress towards meeting the Global Goals

Written by: The DHS Program

05 Oct, 2016

We were fortunate to have attended the UN Foundation’s Social Good Summit again which, through a variety of vibrant speakers from US UN Ambassador Samantha Power to actor and activist Alec Baldwin, emphasized the recently-adopted 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals. While we thoroughly enjoyed all of the sessions and speakers, we […]


Building Awareness of the Link between Fistula and Gender-Based Violence

Written by: Lindsay Mallick

18 May, 2016

Genital fistula, an abnormal hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder that causes urinary or fecal incontinence, is a devastating, preventable condition that no woman should have to endure. It usually results from inadequately managed, prolonged or obstructed labor, surgical error, or trauma [1, 2].  Although rare, it can be completely debilitating—physically, socially, and […]


How Many Demographers Does It Take to Make a Great Visualization?

Written by: Erica Nybro

13 Apr, 2016

How much time do you budget to create a data visualization?  The best visualizations, though they appear to be simple and clear, are often the result of dozens of attempts. Demographers spend countless hours crunching data and preparing journal submissions, but not all take full advantage of data visualization, either in their exploratory analysis, or […]