On the margins of the ninth session of the The ninth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), the CEGS, in partnership with INEGI and UN Women’s Research and Data Section, organized a side event on “Gender and Geospatial Research and Analysis.” The side event brought together experts from the UN-GGIM community, Member States, academia, civil society and private sector actors to explore and discuss how GIS can be used to fill critical knowledge gaps around gender equality. This document is a summary of the event.