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Women’s Knowledge Digital Library

Data and Statistics Collection

Resources for data and statistics about women and girls.

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Workplace Gender Equality Agency Data & Statistics

WGEA publishes data and statistics on gender pay gaps, gender composition of the workforce, parental leave, flexible work, employee consultation and employer actions to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace on our Data Explorer.

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Statistical Resources

In March 2006, the Women’s Health Research Institute was established by BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre to enhance and galvanize the impact of women’s health research conducted at BC Women’s Hospital and throughout BC.

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Eva, the crash test dummy

Astrid Linder has spent over 20 years in traffic safety research. In this talk she proves with data from multiple sources that our cars are unnecessarily unsafe for women, simply because all crash test dummies are still based on the average male.

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Gender Data 101

Gender Data 101 equips you with the skills to use data for impactful programs, closing gender gaps and promoting gender equality

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Women, Business, and the Law Index

The index measures how laws and regulations affect women’s economic opportunity on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 means equal legal rights for men and women.

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Research & Data

Measuring outcomes is essential to ensuring we provide girls with the right support and opportunities they need to thrive.

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Global Gender Gap Report

The annual Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks the state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions.

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WomanStats

The fate of nations is tied
to the status of women. WomanStats makes this linkage visible and demonstrable.

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From data to action: protecting the next generation of women

Every second, three girls experience sexual violence. One in five girls will face sexual violence before she turns 18. Experiencing sexual violence in childhood has lasting physical, mental, educational, and economic consequences that carry into womanhood. The effects don’t disappear—they shape a woman’s life.

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Gender Ratio

On this page, we provide an overview of how the gender ratio varies across the world and over time. We present data on how it varies between age groups and the forces that influence the gender ratio.

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The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics

“Twenty-five years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, progress towards equal power and equal rights for women remains elusive. No country has achieved gender equality, and the COVID-19 crisis threatens to erode the limited gains that have been made. The Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and efforts to recover better from the pandemic offer a chance to transform the lives of women and girls, today and tomorrow.” – Secretary-General António Guterres

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The Gender Snapshot 2025

Explore key findings on gender equality across all SDGs with data and visuals on the most pressing issues affecting women and girls globally.

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Gender gains and gaps in the US

Ahead of Women’s History Month, here’s a look at some of these trends and data points, based on Pew Research Center surveys and analyses as well as federal data.

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UN Women Data Hub

UN Women’s strategy for change on gender data is Women Count. This programme has the goal to create a radical shift in how gender statistics are used, created, shared and accessed.

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State by State

Tracking laws and policies around US related to reproductive rights.

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The Status of Girls in Wisconsin

This report provides information, without extensive interpretation, to serve as a catalyst for young women and girls and the agencies that serve them to voice their perspectives on the issues and challenges they face and work to develop the solutions, programming and resources needed to address these issues.

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Guttmacher Institute

Research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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Gender Data Portal

Makes gender statistics accessible through narratives and data visualizations to improve the understanding of gender data.

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Gender Stats

Reflect the living conditions and situations of people with respect to all policy fields and areas.

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Gender

Promoting gender equality and capacity building to empower women in the UNECE region.

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Gender Quotas Database

Provides policy makers, political actors and parties, gender equality advocates and election practitioners with an easily accessible resource on gender quotas.

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Evidence and Data for Gender Equality

Project is a joint initiative of the United Nations Statistics Division and UN Women that seeks to improve the integration of gender issues into the regular production of official statistics.

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