Term:
Gender statistics
Definition:

Gender statistics are the statistics concerned with gender issues, and by measuring the status of both women and men in various fields and during their life cycle. Gender statistics is one of several other statistical branches, it has its own concepts, tools and methodologies. However, at the same time, it intersects with traditional statistical branches that also include statistics on households, health, economics, poverty, education and training, human rights and the environment, transport, and others. Gender statistics aims to prepare, produce and publish statistics that determine the differences between both sexes, given that they are not concerned with women and their roles only, but also on the role of men in society. Since it is a tool used to measure these disparities, it is a mean of identifying gender disparities and the change required to address them. Gender statistics also aims to monitor the development and impact of public policies related to issues of gender equality and women's empowerment, by providing government agencies and civil society with a set of vital data and indicators that give an accurate picture of the dynamics of relationship between the sexes and their social, economic and cultural conditions.

Domain:
Gender
Source:
UNSD
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