Our Sources
We selected the World Bank Group Gender Data Portal as a primary source for our project due to its comprehensive and country-level data on global gender disparities across various areas, such as sexual health, reproduction, and education. Particular insights the dataset provided include: contraceptive availability, adolescent fertility rates, entrepreneurship participation, and the share of graduates in technology fields. The insights contributed to our exploration of gender equity trends worldwide. The credibility of the World Bank Group additionally contributes to the trustworthiness of the dataset, ensuring that the information and data is generated by reliable methodologies and unbiased standards.
In addition to our chosen dataset, our project is supported by various peer-reviewed articles on reproductive rights, sexual education, and women’s issues, to compliment our data-driven sources. Our combination of empirical evidence and societal discussion allows for a well-rounded interpretation of gender disparities across our multiple topics.
Processing Our Data
We processed the original dataset by pivoting it from long to wide format, separating data entries for different variables into separate columns. This enabled us to select and visualize key variables by year, country, and regional socioeconomic status.
Presentation
We used WordPress to develop our website due to its intuitive functionality and simple configuration. We chose a free WordPress theme to do the heavy lifting on website construction and organization. To honor our topic of Gender and Sexual Justice, we selected a socially associated feminine color palette, which underscores the depth and significance of our project narrative centered on gender and sexual equity.
Team Members
Elly Goan
Hello, I am Elly Goan. I am a second year student majoring in Statistics & Data Science and minoring in Information and Media Literacy. As the data visualization specialist, I helped create the data visualizations showcased in our website. My efforts allowed for a visual story to be conveyed with data and ensured our project adequately addressed its intended research questions.
Jiayang Li
Hi! I am Jiayang (Janys) Li. I am a fourth year student majoring in Statistics & Data Science and Cognitive Science. As the project manager, I facilitated and organized the team plan for assignments and managed deadlines to ensure task completion and action item submission.
Jackie Barrientos
Hello, my name is Jackie Barrientos. I’m a third-year Cognitive Science major with a specialization in Computing and a minor in Spanish. As one of the web designers for the site, I contributed to both its construction and visual design. I also researched and wrote about the impact of reproductive policies on women’s rights. Additionally, I created data visualizations that illustrated the relationship between contraceptive knowledge and income levels, both domestically and globally.
Wei Lin Chen
Hi, I’m Wei Lin Chen and I am a Statistics & Data Science major! On this project, I handled data-related responsibilities, such as gathering raw policy and demographic files, to cleaning, reshaping, and validating them to ensure readability and cohesion. I also built scripts in Python and R, ran statistical checks, and maintained detailed notes so others can reproduce or extend our work down the road.
Emily Gomez
Hi! My name is Emily Gomez, and I am a 3rd year student majoring in English and minoring in Digital Humanities. In my role as the project editor, I handled editing efforts across our written and visual content. Additionally, I developed and ensured a coherent narrative across our data visualizations. I am incredibly passionate about writing and communication efforts, and this role allowed me to intersect my skills and interests for the sake of producing a digital humanities project adhered to a topic that I believe is important to cover.
Megan Luu
Hello! My name is Megan Luu! I am a third year studying Computer Science. I share the role of web designer as well as content developer. My main responsibilities included establishing the narrative of our project and story, and the implementation of our materials into our website in a functional and visually appealing manner.
Acknowledgements
This project would not have been possible without the help of numerous people. Thank you to Dr. Nicholas Sabo for his insight in regards to designing a website and for supporting data driven decisions along the way. Dr. Sabo provided his guidance through professional insight which helped guide our decisions along the way, as well as with his personal help in cleaning our data set. Additionally, we extend our gratitude to our teaching assistant Julia Stoddard for helping the team on a weekly basis by guiding the pace and detailing the steps necessary to complete this project.