So often when we’re talking to prospective clients, we try to impress upon them the importance of using credible data to support their work. Be it a donor report, a grant application, or – like in this case -- getting the attention of the Pentagon, data speaks. Here is an example of a time our client was explicitly told to put hard numbers around their supporters’ anecdotes and the incredible results.
Previously, I talked about when in-person focus groups were planned and our flights to Colombia were canceled due to COVID-19 mere hours before takeoff. We had to pivot quickly and, while stressful, we learned a few valuable lessons. A few months later when in-person focus groups were still not possible, we were still learning lessons…
Following our baseline study in 2019, Untold Research conducted an endline evaluation of UNICEF’s intervention menstrual hygiene management (MGM) programming in Tangerang, Indonesia. Students, teachers, and principals were interviewed to determine the effectiveness of the program as well as evaluate physical changes to the school property relating to hand washing and bathroom facilities.
In early 2021, Untold Research partnered with Project Soar, an incredible, feminist, nonprofit organization based in Marrakech, Morocco, with a mission to empower marginalized teen girls. Project Soar trains and equips local women facilitators using Project Soar in a Box – a scalable system that contains all the curriculum and supplies needed to help groups of teen girls to understand their value, voice, body, rights and path.
In India, three in five (60%) of women ages 18-49 have been pregnant at least one in their lives, the majority of which resulted in live births (97%), though miscarriages (18%) and still births (10%) have occurred.
For proper antenatal, delivery, and postnatal pregnancy care, the World Health Organization recommends a minimum of eight visits to a physician during the course of a pregnancy, delivery in a health care facility and remain there for at least 24 hours, and see a physician at least three times over the next six weeks.
Market Excel, a research company in India, generously made their panel available to Untold Research in order to conduct a survey on the impact of COVID-19. Immediately, Untold Research jumped at this opportunity to measure the impact COVID-19 has had on access to abortion and other vital reproductive health services as well as public opinion on expanding abortion access in India. Please note, due to the nature of panel research, the findings are not reflective of India’s entire population. However, it does provide a valuable snapshot into the need gaps and consequences of not being able to access abortion services as experienced by women in India.
In advance and support of International Safe Abortion Day, Untold Research is making this research available for free download here. Please feel free to use and share at will! If you have any questions about this research, please do not hesitate to reach out to Kate Vasiloff at kate@untoldresearch.com
Market Excel, a research company in India, generously made their panel available to Untold Research in order to conduct a survey on the impact of COVID-19. Immediately, Untold Research jumped at this opportunity to measure the impact COVID-19 has had on access to abortion and other vital reproductive health services as well as public opinion on expanding abortion access in India. Please note, due to the nature of panel research, the findings are not reflective of India’s entire population. However, it does provide a valuable snapshot into how Indian women view current abortion laws and their desire to see the legal conditions under which abortions can be sought expanded.
In advance and support of International Safe Abortion Day, Untold Research is making this research available for free download here. Please feel free to use and share at will! If you have any questions about this research, please do not hesitate to reach out to Kate Vasiloff at kate@untoldresearch.com.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected nearly every aspect of life in every corner of the globe, including research! Early on when quarantines were first imposed, Untold Research had to be flexible and rely heavily on technology to keep important research going. The first study to be impacted by these unprecedented circumstances was an audience study taking place in Colombia.
The biggest barrier found for menstrual hygiene management (MHM) – and general sanitation – is the lack of student access to soap. While students are either always (84%) or sometimes (16%) given time to wash their hands before eating and most facilities (87%) have water for hand washing, neither soap (87%) nor a soap substitute (100%) is always available.
