Gender Statistcics - Government of Himachal Pradesh

Gender Statistics 6
women's specific needs tended to be neglected. Thus, gender statistics were
essential in order to assist policy makers and planners and development projects
and programmes to identify and meet women's needs equally with those of men.
a) Statistics and indicators on the situation of women and men are needed
‣ to formulate and monitor policies and plans
‣ to monitor changes
‣ to inform the public
b) Statistical information on the situation of women and men in all spheres of
society is an important tool in promoting equality and in monitoring
progress towards full equality. It increases the awareness about the status
of women in relation to men in the ECE region.
c) Gender statistics can help eliminate gender-based stereotypes by providing
evidence on the actual situation of women and men.
d) Gender statistics provide an impartial and comparable basis for evaluating
progress towards the internationally agreed goals to improve the situation
of women.
e) Gender statistics are a valuable tool for gender advocates, policy makers,
and others working on gender related issues. The importance of statistics
was further strengthened at the Fourth World Conference on Women
(Beijing 1995) in setting the generation and dissemination of genderdisaggregated
data and information as strategic objectives for planning and
evaluation.
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