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Importance
of Gender-Disaggregated Data
Learning in the field of population and development has been
spurred by research analyzing links between population phenomena and
reproductive health, human rights, gender equality and poverty, among other
issues. These linkages underpin the 1994 ICPD Programme of Action, which guides UNFPA's work.
ICPD called upon governments and development agencies to support
a wide range of research to inform public policy and improve programming
strategies. Women's roles and status, spatial mobility of populations and
differentials in morbidity and mortality within population subgroups were
singled out as pressing concerns. The implications of changing population age structures for
countries' development also need to be taken into account by planners.
A more recent, important aspect of research is to identify
determining factors for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to track progress toward their achievement.
For the past 30 years, UNFPA has played a lead operational role
in helping to build countries' capacities for data collection and analysis. A
current focus of UNFPA support is successful implementation of the 2010 round
of population and housing censuses (2005-2014). The data collected will be
crucial for measuring progress toward achievement of the MDGs and for providing
an evidence base that can guide national policymaking.
At the global level, UNFPA encourages population studies
knowledge-sharing and networking through its support to institutions, such as
the International
Union for the Scientific Study of Population
(IUSSP). In addition to its work in the area of census, UNFPA supports
qualitative and quantitative surveys, and population and development-related
research at global, regional and country levels.
To further this work, UNFPA has also initiated an interactive,
online tracking
tool that provides access to a wide
range of information about the data collection activities of reporting
countries.
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