Demographic and Social Statistics

The Global Gender Statistics Programme is mandated by the United Nations Statistical Commission, implemented by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and coordinated by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics IAEG-GS.

The Programme encompasses:

• improving coherence among existing initiatives on gender statistics through international coordination
• developing and promoting methodological guidelines in existing domains as well as in emerging areas of gender concern
• strengthening national statistical and technical capacity for the production, dissemination and use of gender relevant data
• facilitating access to gender relevant data and metadata through a newly developed data portal (forthcoming).

UNSD serves as Secretariat of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS), the coordinating and guiding body of the Global Gender Statistics Programme. The IAEG-GS was first convened in 2006, meets annually and functions through advisory groups. Presently, the main advisory group's work concentrates on examining emerging and unaddressed key gender issues and related data gap with the aim to develop proposals on how to fill these gaps.

This website serves as a platform for the dissemination of developments in the field of gender statistics and promotes the inclusion of gender statistics into all fields of statistical activities at both the national and international levels.