Outcome APA_D_1.5

Both state and non-state actors contribute to the production, analyses and leveraging of gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data to inform decision-making, budgeting, monitoring and reporting on normative commitments to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

During 2023, UN Women contributed to significant progress under the outcome. Countries in the region heightened their commitment to producing and using gender statistics, recoginsing their value in informing strategies, plans, and policies that advance the situation of women and girls in their country. In October 2023, the Pacific Roadmap on Gender Statistics was endorsed by unanimity by the Heads of Planning and Statistics (HOPS). Comprising the most senior officials responsible for the production and use of statistics at national levels, the HOPS endorsement further strengthens the commitment of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) to the production and use of gender statistics. The roadmap aims to promote the production of quality, relevant, and timely gender data, its dissemination, and its effective use to advance gender equality. It was developed in 2020 by data users and producers across PICTs, coordinated by the Pacific Community (SPC) and UN Women. As co-chairs of the Pacific Gender Statistics Coordination Group, UN Women and SPC coordinate its implementation across countries, respond to emerging requests, and align support from development partners. The group has been instrumental in responding to country requests for support in a timely manner, including through coordination and fund pooling among development partners. In the ASEAN sub-region, the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Group on Gender Statistics for tracking progress towards the SDGs and beyond was established in 2023. Through knowledge sharing and joint establishment of priorities, this new cooperation mechanism will accelerate progress towards the production and use of gender data for a gender-responsive implementation of ASEAN Community Vision 2025, and the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals and other frameworks such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Established through collaboration between UN Women and the ASEAN Secretariat, its co-chairs, and representatives from National Statistics Offices and policymakers from ASEAN Member States. Countries in Asia and the Pacific have been pioneers on the production and use of data on gender and the environment. Through continued collaboration between UN Women and UN ESCAP, a revised regional set of indicators for gender and the environment exists. Upon their request and with financial and technical support from UN Women, Tonga and Samoa became the second and third countries globally to implement nationally representative surveys on Gender and the Environment. The methodology , developed by UN Women and partners, collects data on the different effects of disasters, climate change biodiversity loss and pollution on women and men, and on the roles they play on environmental conservation and degradation. Thus, the data enables gender-responsive climate policy. During COP 28, held in Dubai in November 2023, representatives from the Kingdom of Tonga shared the results from its recently-published Gender-Environment Survey . Evidence from the survey informed discussions during the Global Conference on Gender and Environment data , co-organised by the COP Presidency, UN Women, and others. The conference underscored the vital roles of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and civil society organizations in improving the production and use of gender-environment statistics. The need for inclusion and collaboration was emphasized in the subsequent Global Call for Action . UN Women has received various requests to support gender-environment surveys in other countries. Cambodia and Kiribati are expected to be rolled out in 2024. Lastly, several institutions in the region contributed to strengthening the capacity of data users and producers on gender statistics in their countries. In 2023, at least 8 universities, national statistics offices and training institutes have used the Gender Statistics Training Curriculum developed by the Subgroup on Gender Statistics Training, co-chaired by UN Women and the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), to build the capacity of journalists, government officials, and university students. The Hong Kong Baptist University and the National University of Mongolia have rolled out gender courses based on the curriculum. As a result, over 100 students gained knowledge on gender statistics production and use, including their importance for policy making and monitoring, and how to best communicate and interpret them. In 2023, UN Women disseminated data shedding light on the situation of women and girls in the region. For example, decision makers had access to evidence on the gendered effects of climate change , the effects of climate change on poverty and food security , a climate scenario online tool , a crisis update on women in Afghanistan, and evidence on violence against women during disasters and crises. UN Women will continue to strengthen the capacity of data users and producers to generate more and better gender data, and promote their use for policy making, advocacy, monitoring and accountability purposes in 2024.

Both state and non-state actors contribute to the production, analyses and leveraging of gender statistics and sex-disaggregated data to inform decision-making, budgeting, monitoring and reporting on normative commitments to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

During 2024, UN Women contributed to significant progress under the outcome. Intergovernmental processes and outcome documents integrated discussions on gender statistics and indicators, including monitoring frameworks for global commitments. The UN Statistical Commission fifty-fifth session report encourages countries to use tools, such as the Asia-Pacific set of gender and environment indicators by UN Women and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), for better mainstreaming gender across climate change statistics. This builds on the advocacy and methodological contributions by UN Women, including its guidelines and resources for measuring the gender-environment nexus, and a recently released list of Gender-Environment Indicators . UN Women and partners advanced the mainstreaming of gender in monitoring frameworks and related discussions associated with the three Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity, and desertification. At COP16 (Biodiversity), UN Women co-organized a Gender and Environment Data Conference wherein policymakers, experts, and practitioners exchanged knowledge and strengthened capacities and collaboration for mainstreaming gender in biodiversity data. UN Women evidence (see Gender and Biodiversity Data Brief ) launched at the event, was used by Parties in negotiations to advance gender considerations. UN Women continues to work with others towards the inclusion of a gender indicator in the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (ongoing in 2025). At COP16 (Desertification), UN Women presented key findings during the Women Caucus Session, which Parties used during negotiations, contributing to explicit calls for the use of gender-specific indicators for monitoring progress. At COP29 (Climate change), UN Women co-organized a global training on gender and environment data to support national governments and other key actors to produce related statistics, including for reporting towards the Paris Agreement (once mechanisms are finalized). Jointly, UN Women, partners and national governments advanced statistical methodologies for measuring gender and environment issues. In recent years, a series of survey tools were published, including a Model Questionnaire on Gender and the Environment , Enumerator Manual and Sampling Guidelines , and in 2024, a list of 100 Gender and Environment Indicators that National Statistics Offices can use to produce related statistics per national priorities. Some of these indicators are currently under consideration for inclusion in global monitoring frameworks, such as those related to the Rio Conventions. At the national level, with UN Women and ESCAP support, Fiji, Indonesia and the Philippines are identifying and producing gender-responsive indicators for monitoring national climate change priorities. Through national consultations, including line ministries and civil society, a set of priority indicators were identified in 2024. In 2025, UN Women will continue to support the National Statistics Offices to finalise indicator sets and generate related national statistics. Cambodia, Kiribati, and Mongolia implemented national official surveys on Gender and the Environment (using UN Women’s Model Questionnaire) and are working to release reports in 2025, adding to the evidence base of the Tonga and Samoa Surveys launched nationally in May and October 2024. Findings from Tonga are informing relevant priorities, plans, and reporting , including for e.g., on the Beijing Plan of Action. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and UN Women produced and disseminated timely evidence on the progress made across the SDGs for women and girls, with a focus on those being left furthest behind. The ASEAN Gender Outlook 2024 was launched in Malaysia and during the 79 th session of the General Assembly , where ASEAN Member States reaffirmed their commitment to women and girls, leveraging the report’s evidence to accelerate progress toward the 2030 Agenda and ensure gender-responsive implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 . The report was cited in at least five independent media articles and informed dialogues around Beijing +30, including a regional youth forum in Seoul reaching over 90 youth led by the Centre of Excellence and the UN Women media workshop during the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review in Bangkok reaching 30 members of the press. Institutions in the region are building strong capacities to produce and use gender statistics. At least 202 students, government officials, and journalists gained skills in this area. Seven institutions built these capacities using the UN Women and SIAP Gender Statistics Training Curriculum . For example, statistical offices in Albania and Bangladesh enhanced their staff’s capacities, and the National University of Mongolia developed statistical skills among graduate students. UN Women steering of the Sub-group on Gender Statistics Training (SGGST), co-chaired with the United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP), was instrumental in these results. In 2025, UN Women will continue to promote more and better gender data, and encourage their use for policymaking, advocacy and accountability.