Gender Statistics

Biennium:

2014-2015

Coordinator

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) of Mexico

Technical Secretariat

Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC

Members

National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) of Argentina

Department of Statistics of Bahamas

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Boliva

Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)

Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) of Chile

Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) of Colombia

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) of Costa Rica

Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI) of Cuba

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) of Ecuador

General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DIGESTYC) of El Salvador

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Guatemala

Bureau of Statistics (BoS) of Guyana

L’Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Honduras

Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) of Mexico

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (INEC) of Panama

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) of Dominican Republic

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Venezuela

Objectives

General

Promote the production, development, systematization and consolidation of statistical information and gender indicators in order to design, monitor and evaluate public policies.

Specifics

Develop the technical, methodological and analytical capacities of national statistical offices with regard to gender statistics
Strengthen partnerships between national statistical offices and mechanisms for the advancement of women
Foster horizontal and triangular cooperation, international technical assistance and regional collaboration for the development, analysis and dissemination of gender statistics
Promote the use of gender statistics in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of public policies
Promote the organization of meetings at the national and regional level to encourage specialized discussion on gender statistics