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Top 5 Reasons Why We Need Gender Data

Reason #1 Gender Statistics capture the specific realities in the lives of women and men

Reason #2 Gender statistics go well beyond sex disaggregation.

Reason #3 Gender data is key to achieving the 2030 Agenda and other commitments.

Reason#5 Gender data helps in better planning, better targeting, and better economic outcomes by ensuring that females and males are getting equal opportunities or not.

Reason #4 It contributes to identifying specific obstacles that female entrepreneurs and employees face when it comes to starting a business or getting a job.