Director, Equal Measures 2030Equal Measures 2030
Alison Holder is Director of Equal Measures 2030, a civil society and private sector-led partnership that connects data and evidence with advocacy and action, helping to fuel progress towards gender equality.
Equal Measures 2030 (EM2030) is a unique cross-sector partnership of leading organizations from civil society and the development and private sectors. We work to ensure that girls' and women's movements, advocates and decision makers have the data they need, and in a format they can use, to guide and drive faster progress towards the gender equality commitments in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To achieve this, we connect data and evidence with advocacy and action—using existing gender equality related data, supporting calls to fill data gaps, and training and equipping advocates to use data and evidence in their efforts to reach the transformational agenda of the SDGs by 2030.
EM2030 was formed in 2016 by a group of cross-sector partners who united their resources, skills, networks and ambition to use data and bring new and critical insights, stories and action to help achieve collective impact for girls and women. The current partnership is a joint effort of leading regional and global organizations from civil society and the development and private sectors, including: FEMNET, ARROW, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CLADEM, Data2X, IWHC, KPMG, ONE Campaign, Plan International, and Women Deliver.
Alison has 20 years’ experience in international development, leading advocacy work on inequality, tax justice, accountability, and corporate responsibility (at Action Aid, Oxfam, and Save the Children), on livelihoods with women in India, and small business development in South Africa. Alison started her career at Accenture, working on corporate social responsibility and business strategy.
Alison has an MSc from the London School of Economics (LSE) and an undergraduate degree from the Ivey Business School in Canada.