Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment: Update

Sex-Disaggregated Data and Statistics

In 2005, the CGa identified a lack of reliable and regular sex-disaggregated data for setting target baselines, formulating policies and strategies, and monitoring the progress of key indicators (e.g., poverty reduction, employment, and access to basic resources and services).²⁷ Since then, the State Committee on Statistics has regularly published the Women and Men of Uzbekistan Statistical Bulletin and with adB support, launched the Gender Statistics website (https://gender.stat.uz/ru/) in 2014.²⁸ the site contains basic information on demography, employment, tourism, social protection systems, and crime statistics. It also presents data on social sectors (health care, education, physical culture, and sports).

Lack of sex-disaggregated data in key adB sectors (e.g., energy, construction, transport, and communication) hinders the evaluation of gender disparities. there is also a lack of globally identified indicators (e.g., share of women in political participation and decision making, property rights, access to resources, paid and unpaid work and home businesses, unemployment, time use) on the web resource and in printed statistical collections. additionally, the scarcity of demographic and sector-related surveys with publicly available

statistics presents a significant challenge for researchers, NGOs, and development partners, and impedes the process of mainstreaming gender in policy planning and program development.

the WCU also collects sex-disaggregated data through its network of administrative units, but it lacks the systematic approach, human resource capacity, and technical resources needed

to develop tools, maintain the database, and analyze the data. the donor community must support the WCU in developing holistic and sustainable mechanisms for the regular collection of gender statistics.

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