Women in Data
Why Sex Matters: Gender Statistics in Nepal Counting women to make them visible in statistics in Nepal
51.5 % of people in Nepal are female * Nepal Census, 2019
41% of countries regularly produce data on violence against women http://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/flagship-programmes/making-every-woman-and-girl-count * UN Women, 2018
15% of countries mandate specialized gender surveys * UN Women, 2018 http://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/flagship-programmes/making-every-woman-and-girl-count * UN Women, 2018
13% of countries have a dedicated gender statistics budget http://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/flagship-programmes/making-every-woman-and-girl-count * UN Women, 2018
0.3 % of official development assistance is focused on data collection https://www.devex.com/news/gender-data-gaps-are-just-the-start-of-the-conversation-93808 * Open Data Watch, 2018
80% of SDG indicators for gender equality are lacking data http://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/flagship-programmes/making-every-woman-and-girl-count * UN Women, 2018
71% is the percentage by which Nepal decreased it’s maternal mortality rate between 1990 and 2015 https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/94/5/16-030516/en/ * World Health Organisation, 2018
33% is the percentage of parliamentarians in Nepal who are female http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2018/09/women-in-politics * UN Women, 2018
20% is the average percentage of parliamentarians in Asia who are female http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2018/09/women-in-politics * UN Women, 2018
8% is the percentage that women are more likely to live in extreme poverty than men http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2018/sdg-report-fact-sheet-central-and-southern-asia-en.pdf?la=en&vs=3552 * UN Women, 2018
Why Sex Matters: Gender Statistics in Nepal Counting women to make them visible in statistics in Nepal