National Training on Gender Statistics for Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), gender equality is not only a standalone goal but also one of the crosscutting universal values that underpin the SDGs and a necessary precondition for achieving the goals of the 2030 development agenda. Good quality, timely, comparable, and disaggregated gender data provide the evidence needed to measure progress towards achieving the gender-related SDG goals and targets. The Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals – The Gender Snapshot 2024 produced by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) shows that while there are notable advancements, including reductions in poverty, narrowing gender gaps in education, and progress toward legal reforms, there remains progress to be achieved across all indicators, with only five years left to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal deadline.