Data and statistics

UNECE Gender Statistics Database

The UNECE Gender Statistics database presents sex-disaggregated social data. It provides country profiles on gender aspect for population, family and households, work and economy, education, public life and decision making, health, crime and violence. Most of the available data have been supplied by National Statistical Offices through the network of Gender Statistics Focal Points. Recent […]

“The gap widens”, by Shailaja Chandra

“By and large the attitude of a man towards his wife is possibly worse than his attitude towards his buffalo.” Colin Gonzalves, Human Rights Lawyer The World Economic Forum and the Global Gender Gap Index The World Economic Forum, in a report titled the 2009, has quantified the magnitude of gender-based disparity in 134 countries. […]

The Agri-Gender Database

A statistical toolkit for the production of sex-disaggregated agricultural data Table of Contents 1 The Database 2 Focus on Africa 3 Structure 3.1 The Database is structured around nine data items 3.2 The toolkit consists of two sections 3.2.1 Section 1 3.2.2 Section 2 4 References 5 See also The Database The Agri-Gender Database is a […]

School enrolment of adolescent girls

Table of Contents 1 Gender Gap Closing but Challenges Persist 2 School exposure of out-of-school adolescents 3 Educational attainment 4 Resources 4.1 Fact Sheets 4.2 Publications 5 See also 6 External links Gender Gap Closing but Challenges Persist While the global in school enrolment is narrowing, adolescent girls continue to face serious obstacles in their […]

Women, Business and the Law 2012 report: Methodology

Table of Contents 1 Background 1.1 Accessing Institutions 1.2 Using Property  1.3 Getting a Job 1.4 Providing Incentives to Work 1.5 Building Credit 1.6 Going to Court 2 See also 3 External links Background Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations that affect women’s ability to earn an income, either by starting and […]

Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

Table of Contents 1 Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index 2 The Five Domains of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture 3 The Gender Parity Index (GPI) 4 See also 5 External links Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index is a significant new breakthrough in the measurement of women’s empowerment in developing countries. […]

Employment-to-population Ratio

[toc] Definition Located in the under Target 1.B, the employment-to-population ratio is a statistical measure of the percentage of working age population (15-64) employed. Employment is defined according to international definitions and refers to being engaged in an economic activity during a specified reference period, or being temporarily absent from such an activity. Economic activity […]

Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Present Condition 2.1 Primary Education 2.2 Secondary Education 2.2.1 Regional Differences 3 Inhibiting Factors 3.1 Primary Education 3.1.1 Gender 3.1.2 Poverty 3.1.3 Child mortality 3.1.4 Malnutrition 3.1.5 Child Labor 3.1.6 Child Marriage 3.2 Secondary Education 3.2.1 Language: 3.2.2 Gender: 3.2.3 Poverty: 3.2.4 Child Labor: 3.2.5 Child Marriage: 4 International […]

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