In line with the celebration of the National Women’s Month every March, the Philippine Statistics Authority issues a Factsheet on Women and Men in the Philippines, which includes the updated Philippine Core Gender and Development (GAD) Indicators and other latest statistics on women and men in the country. This year’s edition contains   120 indicators covering 20 socio-economic sectors and gender concerns, namely:         

  1) Population;                                            12) Environment;
  2) Health and Nutrition;                             13) Tourism;
  3) Economic Status;                                  14) Trade and Industry;
  4) Education;                                             15) Public Life;
  5) Work and Economic Participation;        16) Institutional Mechanism;
  6) Social Protection;                                  17) Sustainable Development Goals
  7) Social Welfare and Development;               particularly on Goal 4 (Quality Education)                
  8) Violence against Women;                            and Goal 5 (Gender Equality);            
  9) Violence against Children;                    18) The Filipino Youth;
  10) Media;                                                 19) Women Empowerment; and
  11) Agriculture;                                          20) ASEAN  indicators.

The Factsheet, which can be accessed through the following link: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf,   includes data from the latest surveys, statistical reports and publications such as the 2021 Labor Force Survey, 2021 Survey on Overseas Filipinos, 2021 Family Income and Expenditure Survey, 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey, and from administrative data sources such as the Enhanced Basic Education Information System (EBEIS) of the Department of Education (DepEd) and Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), among others. It hopes to provide relevant and user-friendly information on gender issues that are deemed important to planners, researchers and other users for evidence-based gender and development advocacy, planning, programming and policy setting.

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General