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Bringing Clarity to Complexity: Data, Sustainability, Public Health, and Ideas That Matter
A blog about bringing clarity to complexity. Posts on data, sustainability, public health, color design, and ideas worth understanding. Written by Yvonne Beirne FitzGerald for the curious, regardless of credentials.
Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments and Governments
Tracking the percentage of women working in Parliament since the European Union (EU) started. Some countries have always had close to 50 % women in government. Other countries have worked to decrease the equality in their parliaments.
Participation of Women in The Olympics Over Time
Makeover Monday 2021 Week 10 challenge uses data from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about Women's Participation in The Olympics Over Time. The was selected since that Monday was International Women's Day. The data source is from IOC; the original challenge viz is from an article on swimswam.com. I created line charts that show the number of participants and events for both the Winter and Summer Olympics have been getting closer to 50%. One fantastic fact discovered is the Winter Olympics Events in 2018 were 52% women.
The Digital Gender Gap: Internet and Mobile Access by Country and Gender
The Digital Gender Gap is the Makeover Monday 2020 Week 44 challenge. In 2020 currently, about half of the world's population does not have access to the internet; most are women. This gap is leaving them behind for health, education, and financial information and opportunities. #Viz5