Open Data Charter

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The Open Data Charter (ODC) exists to articulate the benefits of open data and work with our partners to push for policies and practices that realise them. This kind of transparency helps make governments more efficient and accountable, enables global collaboration, and tackles critical problems like gender gaps. Our

The Open Data Charter (ODC) exists to articulate the benefits of open data and work with our partners to push for policies and practices that realise them. This kind of transparency helps make governments more efficient and accountable, enables global collaboration, and tackles critical problems like gender gaps. Our goal is to make data open and freely available, while protecting the rights of people and communities – and to see this shift help solve some of the most pressing challenges of our time, creating more just societies and fair economies.

The ODC advocates for pay transparency, as part of our efforts to develop targeted open data norms and help governments translate them into concrete reforms that work for their context. We explore how increased data access related to gender pay gaps could improve women’s compensation and tackle systemic gender inequalities, in both the formal and informal workforce.

In partnership with the Center for Global Development (CGD) and with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), we work with the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Feminist Open Government Initiative to identify and promote transformative gender inclusion commitments in their flagship government Action Plans.

Building on this work, with partners from the CGD, OGP, and The B Team, we are hosting a series of dialogues to explore actions for government and businesses to narrow pay gaps in the economy. The lessons inform our action research that synthesizes evidence of existing efforts to narrow gender pay gaps through increased data transparency and test their impact through policy engagements.

With its diverse set of actors working to reduce gender pay gaps, the EPIC provides a promising platform to accelerate collective action. We look forward to collaborating with this unique coalition to better understand their data needs and challenges across various levels. We seek partners to dev...