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Claire Melamed leads discussion on governing data for AI at the United Nations STI Forum 2025

Paraguay takes bold step towards more inclusive and comprehensive data

Cabo Verde charts bold new path with first national data strategy in the age of AI

Kenya launches national AI strategy

Ghana advances inclusive data practices to tackle FGM through national validation workshop

Claire Melamed joins the UN CSTD Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Data Governance at All Levels
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Botswana confronts challenges head-on in transition to digital data collection and management
The World Bank highlighted progress being made in Botswana, through the Power of Data initiative, to modernize its data collection and management processes, and to strengthen data exchange across its National Statistical System (NSS).
Tackling FGM in Ghana: The role of inclusive data and policy
Victor Ohuruogu, the Global Partnership, and Ernest Nyarko, Principal Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service, write for the SDG Knowledge Hub on the use citizen data alongside national statistics to help bridge key data gaps and provide more precise and timely information on Female Gential Mutilation (FMG) in Ghana, particularly in remote regions.
From policy to practice - Building national data infrastructures through a bottom-up approach
This blog from The Commonwealth explores effective approaches to data management and the necessity of a bottom-up approach to harness global data investments and build robust national data infrastructures. They write that initiatives, such as the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, are vital for developing country-level data coordination frameworks