Report on progress made on the implementation of the African programme on gender statistics

Abstract

The development of gender statistics has been among the highest priorities of the statistical development agenda in Africa. Pan-African institutions and international agencies working in the area of statistics have deployed greater efforts for the development of gender statistics capacity and the improvement of their availability and use. These efforts contributed to create greater awareness among African statisticians about gender issues and concerns, as well as the need to mainstream them in national statistical systems. To address this issue, the African Group on Gender Statistics has developed a five-year regional program on gender statistics known as the African Program on Gender Statistics (APGS). The objective of APGS is to improve the availability of accurate gender statistics at the national, regional and international levels in Africa. The present report is a summary of activities undertaken by the member institutions of the African Group on Gender Statistics in accordance with the above-mentioned plan of action for the period 2014–2016.