This toolkit aims to support statistical systems to increase the understanding and use of gender statistics by government officials and other development practitioners. It has been developed for countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and builds on the work to strengthen gender statistics across this region. This toolkit will support gender focal points and others to run training sessions in their respective countries to increase statistical literacy, which should lead to better evidence-based policymaking.
The toolkit can be used by gender statistics focal points and others to run training sessions to increase statistical literacy and awareness of the importance of gender in statistics, which should strengthen evidence-based policymaking.
The development and testing of the toolkit was funded from the United Nations Development Account.
Thematic Modules
- The toolkit consists of six main thematic modules:
- Each module includes:
- short, user-friendly descriptions of key concepts and key indicators
- practical examples
- hands-on exercises for use in training sessions.