Early-career demographers! Excellent paid + mentored opportunities in vital statistics + demography to advance #CRVS + #genderequality. Int'l posts in #NYC, Panama + Guinea. Apply today! These posts are part of the ConVERGE Initiative tinyurl.com/y353253r@UNFPA#poptwitter
ConVERGE Initiative = Connecting Vital Events Registration and Gender Equality. Jointly convened by @UNFPA + @IDRC_CRDI See tinyurl.com/yydhk4pw for the work that we are advancing... Great opportunity to get experience with a @UN Agency on #vital#statistics Apply by Aug 14!
The @UNFPA Population Data Fellows Program is building the next generation of population data scientists to strengthen integrated population data systems at country, regional + global levels. This cohort is focused on advancing gender transformative CRVS systems around the world!
Fellows are placed within UNFPA headquarters, regional and country offices, mentored by UNFPA technical staff and are fully integrated into ConVERGE technical assistance work with CRVS authorities and National Statistics Offices.
The cohort of @UNFPA Population Data Fellows is actively supported by UNFPA Division of Human Resources and @unv with learning opportunities, professional mentoring, and career development support.
This fellowship programme seeks to build a pipeline of new talent to channel the expertise + commitment of young population data scientists towards some of the most important CRVS + gender issues. A joint commitment of @UNFPA, @CanadaDev, @IDRC_CRDI + @UNVolunteers
.@UNFPA Population Data Fellows are engaged in field research on social + behavioral factors that lead to under-registration of vital events, assessments of #CRVS data completeness + quality, & capacity building in the areas of vital statistics production and usage. @PopDevUNFPA
@jonmarsk Indeed, @jonmarsk, we do not know the true scale of COVID-19 mortality and it will take time, much more and better quality data, and careful research to better clarify #COVID-19’s overall mortality impact. #poptwitter (1/11)
@jonmarsk N.B. demographers r still studying the nature + extent of the 1918 flu pandemic. Death reg today, whilst still incomplete & deficient in many countries, is better than 100 yrs ago. But the wide range + uncertainty assoc. w/ 1918 flu pandemic deaths shld give us much pause. (2/11)
@jonmarsk First - we need to remind ourselves that #COVID-19 related mortality is multi-faceted, as described by @AndrewNoymer, entailing direct-direct deaths, direct-indirect deaths, and indirect deaths. And we also need to think about competing risks. #poptwitter#epitwitter (3/11)