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 approved by the PSA Board in May 2021, 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; | 11) Agriculture; |
| 2) Health and Nutrition; | 12) Environment; |
| 3) Economic Status; | 13) Tourism; |
| 4) Education; | 14) Trade and Industry; |
| 5) Work and Economic Participation; | 15) Public Life; |
| 6) Social Protection; | 16) Institutional Mechanism; |
| 7) Social Welfare and Development; |
17) Sustainable Development Goals particularly on |
| 8) Violence against Women; | 18) The Filipino Youth; |
| 9) Violence against Children; | 19) Women Empowerment; and |
| 10) Media; | 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 2020 Labor Force Survey, 2020 Survey on Overseas Filipinos, 2018 Family Income and Expenditure Survey, 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey, among others, 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.
CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General
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