Read the original announcement, in Spanish, here.

On August 23, 2026, The Government of Mexico's Secretariat for Women, in collaboration with UN Women's Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data and the Global Center of Excellence in Gender Statistics, held the closing and awards ceremony of DAT4CCIÓN: Regional Datathon for Equality 2026, the first competition of its kind in the region, aimed at transforming gender data and statistics into visual, accessible and useful tools for the design of public policies.

Under the theme "Rights, justice and action for and by all women and girls", the Datathon was an exercise in applied innovation and work between academia, civil society and government institutions.

During the competition, proposals were received from 130 teams comprised of 520 people from 14 countries in the region. A significant number of women participated, representing 66 percent of all competitors, and Mexico had a strong presence with 207 representatives. 

The General Directorate of Intelligence, Innovation and Strategic Planning for the Continuous Improvement of Programs of the Secretariat of Women, headed by Patricia Carranza Rodríguez, participated as a jury in the evaluation of the final works and monitored the entire process.

The teams developed deliverables structured in three strategic categories—dashboards, infographics and maps—to respond to three priority areas: paid work, care and unpaid work, and gender-based violence. 

The three winning projects were: 

  • Women in São Paulo: Spatial Inequality and Access to Public Services, which focused on making visible the gaps in the labor market
  • Circular Care: Women Who Care While Needing to Be Cared For, a platform for the redistribution of housework
  • Me. Us. All. Contextualized Measurement of Gender Violence, forthe analysis and identification of patterns of aggression at the community level.

During the closing ceremony, the organizing institutions highlighted the importance of promoting collaborative spaces that translate the availability of data and quantitative information into concrete solutions that accelerate the achievement of substantive equality in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

With these actions, the Government of Mexico, headed by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, reaffirms its commitment to promoting the use of technology, innovation and data analysis with a gender perspective to put statistical evidence at the service of the rights and well-being of all women, adolescents and girls.