#crowdsourced data

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Beating the jams - Stephane Eboko on Nairobi's largest crowdsourced traffic information start-up  

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Beating the jams - Stephane Eboko on Nairobi's largest crowdsourced traffic information start-up  

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Beating the jams - Stephane Eboko on Nairobi's largest crowdsourced traffic information start-up

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Syrian Women Face More Deadly Violence

Our analysis shows a significant increase in the proportion of women killed in Syria. Are they bystanders--or targets?

Image via Narciso Contreras / AP

The sheer volume of data and information available in times of crises has increased substantially since the launch of the ‘data revolution.’ This data, be it reported by bystanders or collected via machine, can illuminate the real human impact of crises in exciting, and often disheartening, ways.

Syria Tracker is one project at the forefront of crisis data collection. This project of SumAll.org’s partner Humanitarian Tracker, offers viewers crowd-sourced--and verified--data on deaths in Syria. SumAll.org has been working with this group to analyze the types casualties in Syria. Together our teams are examining this data using several different key metrics--one of which is gender (for more, see our interactive dashboard).

Female Deaths in Syria

Click to read the entire report: Rising Proportion of Female Deaths in Syria

Working closely with Humanitarian Tracker, our team has discovered that the proportion of female deaths in Syria has increased from less than 1% in April 2011 to over 13% today. 85% of those casualties result from artillery (large caliber guns, shelling, tanks, etc), gun shots or air bombardment. These types of casualties are consistent with collateral damage--women could simply be bystanders. Yet the other top causes of female deaths, sniper fire and beating and stabbing, are typically associated with deliberate, targeted killings.

Our report, published in March, is an initial analysis of the top causes of female casualties in Syria. We are continuing to work with Humanitarian Tracker with the hope of providing deeper insights into the conflict in Syria. We extend an open invitation to journalists, news outlets, and humanitarian organizations to contact us with any questions or comments.