Outcome APA_D_6.9

Gender statistics, sex-disaggregated data, and knowledge are produced, analysed and used to inform policymaking, advocacy and accountability for delivering gender equality and women’s empowerment results

In light of the new available estimates on the gendered effects of COVID-19 generated by UN Women in 7 countries in 2022, Indonesia and Kiribati have both made use of the findings for national purposes. In the case of Indonesia, the estimates have been used widely to inform speeches and government discussions, including within the context of the G20 discussions held in Indonesia, where the Ministry for Women and Children used the survey estimates to higlight the importance of investing in women's economic empowerment. In the case of Kiribati, a national dialogue on the gendered consequences of COVID-19 resulted in heightened government interest in using the estimates, including to inform discussions on drafting the gender strategy. Furthermore, the figures were used for implementing a training on using gender data, so media professionals, civil society representatives, government officials and statisticians got to learn where to use the data, how to interpret it, and conducted their own analysis with it.