Our impact
Our Impact
Amid rising inequality, democratic backsliding, and growing resistance to gender rights, the fight for gender equality demands bold, evidence-based action. Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030) is a global coalition working to ensure that feminist movements, advocates, and decision-makers have the data they need — and know how to use it — to drive lasting change.How are we using data and advocacy to transform gender equality around the world? These stories highlight how EM2030 coalition members are translating data and evidence into feminist action that reshapes systems and outcomes.
What’s Next?
Our journey is far from over. As we approach 2030, the stakes are higher and the window for action is narrower. We are building on the strength of our coalition, sharpening our strategies, and doubling down on what works, feminist data, collective advocacy, and transformative partnerships.
Over the next phase, we’ll continue to grow the impact of our work by:
KAPAL Perempuan
KAPAL had 225 feminist schools training women across Indonesia — but lacked a language that opened government doors. Equal Measures’ SDG Gender Index and advocacy training gave them that. KAPAL went from external advocate to trusted policy advisor, presenting data directly to the President and contributing to parliament unanimously raising the marriage age for girls — a reform now implemented through child marriage prevention regulations across 139 villages.
Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres
After Colombia’s Peace Agreement, Ruta Pacífica used Equal Measures’ data training and tools across their 300+ member movement to shift from bearing witness to holding government accountable. Their data-backed advocacy doubled women’s secretariat budgets in Medellín, shaped 39 municipal development plans, and put 10 women into political office — proving that when feminist movements combine lived experience with hard evidence, money moves and agendas shift.
ASOGEN
In a country with one of the highest femicide rates in the region, ASOGEN used Equal Measures’ data tools to reframe violence against women as a measurable development failure — securing national budget for survivor services, embedding gender data into justice-sector training for prosecutors and judges, and building a 95% conviction rate in the cases they litigate.
GROOTS Kenya
When county climate allocations excluded rural women’s priorities, GROOTS Kenya used EM2030’s Data-Driven Advocacy approach and SDG Gender Index evidence to engage formal planning processes. Through budget analysis, coalition mobilization, and structured institutional engagement, they influenced county-level resource allocation.
3,500 grassroots women’s groups reached
Seat on Kenya’s National Gender Statistics Committee
KES 800 million budget win for women’s energy needs