DEC 27, 2021
On November 29, we launched the TrackGBV Data Dashboard with a panel event with four leading gender justice advocates. The Dashboard visualizes the review of 3,500+ cases from across the Pacific region tracking gender bias and discrimination in gender-based violence (GBV) sentencing decisions. By making judicial decision-making more transparent, the TrackGBV Dashboard facilitates training and advocacy for more consistent and equitable decision-making. The Dashboard is made possible with support from our partners Clifford Chance, Manatt, Linklaters, Conduent, and Tableau.
The event panelists included:
The panelists spoke to the process of building TrackGBV and what ICAAD has been able to do even before the launch TrackGBV Dashboard. They also shared about how ICAAD’s trainings have been effective in building momentum in shifting mindsets and paving the way for policy reform. While challenges remain in smaller states in the Pacific and places where access to case law is sparse, the program will continue building the data set and working with grassroots advocates and judiciaries to ensure access to justice for all survivors. TrackGBV started in the Pacific, but we also heard from Barbados High Court Justice Jacqueline Cornelius about plans for expanding TrackGBV to the Caribbean.
The Dashboard is live and available to anyone to explore the current data available. At this stage, we have data for Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa. We will be including data for Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Marshall Islands, and Nauru in the coming months as well as adding additional features.
Updates from Combating Violence Against Women & Girls’s efforts, posted on a regular basis.
