Palestinian central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)within its core statistical system has created special programs to provide data for vulnerable groups (child, women, disabled, youth and elderly). As PCBS realize the importance role of women in the development process has created man and woman program to provide data about gender issues and the gaps between man and woman in all aspect of socio-economic life, and as a strategic policy PCBS emphasizes including gender perspectives in all its statistical activities.

The latest huge statistical activity PCBS has conducted was the Population, Housing and Establishment census, where PCBS from the early beginning of census different stages (Planning, designing questionnaires, Publicity campaigns, Implementation stages and analysis plans) emphasizes gender perspective issues.

Paper presented at the Global Forum on Gender Statistics, 26-28 January 2009, Accra, Ghana.