1. Women in Data

2. Why Sex Matters: Gender Statistics in Nepal
Counting women to make them visible in statistics in Nepal

3. 51.5 %
of people in Nepal are female
* Nepal Census, 2019

4. 41% of countries regularly produce data on violence against women
* UN Women, 2018

5. 15% of countries mandate specialized gender surveys * UN Women, 2018
* UN Women, 2018

6. 13% of countries have a dedicated gender statistics budget
* UN Women, 2018

7. 0.3 % of official development assistance is focused on data collection
* Open Data Watch, 2018

8. 80% of SDG indicators for gender equality are lacking data
* UN Women, 2018

9. 71%
is the percentage by which Nepal decreased it’s maternal mortality rate between 1990 and 2015
* World Health Organisation, 2018

10. 33% is the percentage of parliamentarians in Nepal who are female
* UN Women, 2018

11. 20%
is the average percentage of parliamentarians in Asia who are female
* UN Women, 2018

12. 8%
is the percentage that women are more likely to live in extreme poverty than men
* UN Women, 2018

13. Why Sex Matters: Gender Statistics in Nepal
Counting women to make them visible in statistics in Nepal