Data was collected at household, community and public level as well as information on key risk factors for gender inequality and threats of violence affecting women and girls in the Kyrgyz Republic.
3–day training programme
A group of 17 women and men from AUCA, UN Women and the University of Central Asia (UCA) participated in the training held at the new AUCA campus in the capital, Bishkek.
staff from the UCA Mountain Societies philippines rcs data Research Institute, developing a content management system for the institute’s research outputs and resources.
Day 1: To Share or Not To Share: Meeting ethical and legal issues for data sharing
The 3-day event started with a round of introductions and a ‘To Share or Not to Share’ debate.
Participants divided into two groups discussing either pros or cons of sharing data from a research study on violence experienced by women. The groups unearthed many poignant and valid concerns around protecting identities.
They also highlighted the moral duty to share data, where public funds have supported the research. It was also recognised that research integrity is best promoted through transparency of findings which requires the ability to revisit the data underpinning publications.
The ethical and legal aspects of managing and sharing sensitive data continued to be an important focus for the rest of the day.
While preparing for the training workshop, we found it interesting to note that Kyrgyz data protection legislation is very similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation from a legal and ethical standpoint. However, participants noted that enactment and enforcement is often problematic.