Statistics on Women and Gender : International
Gender statistics and data within general statistical resources as well as resources entirely on women/gender topics
International Gender Web Sources
Information from the World Bank:
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Gender Data PortalProvides data from a variety of sources. The portal is searchable by country or region.
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Where We WorkBrowse by location
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Open Knowledge RepositoryThousands of free publications.
Information from the World Economic Forum:
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Global Gender GapAn annual report from the World Economic Forum with country-by-country listings for numerous indicators.
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Gender Parity AcceleratorsThe world must accelerate progress on closing the gender gap. How?
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Women and WorkFollows a series of views from the frontline of the global gender debate.
Information from the WomanStats Project, which compiles qualitative and quantitative data on over 310 indicators of women's status in 174 countries. The database is free but requires an account and log in.
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Codebook to understand the database's codes and their abbreviations.Codebook available in English and Spanish
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Maps help visualize the statistical dataSome maps include previous years' data for comparison
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Research Papers written by and about international womenMainly papers from research before 2017
Other useful websites:
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UN WomenThe UN organization delivering programmes, policies and standards that uphold women’s human rights and ensure that every woman and girl lives up to her full potential.
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UNECE Data PortalData portal maintained by the Statistical Division of UNECE. It provides free access to data structured to facilitate easy retrieval of statistics by users. It is organized by subject or policy areas.
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Eldis ProgrammeThe mission of Eldis was to provide free online access to global research about international development, with a particular focus, in more recent years, on increasing the visibility of research from smaller research producers. This website is now a static archive and no new content will be added.
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UN DataUN Statistical Division's portal to data sets from various UN agencies and is searchable across all of them.
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The International Social Survey ProgrammeThe ISSP is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys covering topics important for social science research.