Gender statistics: Making every girl and woman count

Tanzania is one of the pathfinder countries implementing the global gender statistics project "Making Every Woman and Girl Count," which aims to increase the availability and use of accurate information on gender and women's rights, thereby strengthening the evidence base for policy and decision-making.

A national assessment of Tanzania's statistical system has revealed several key challenges, including limited policy support and financial resources for the production of gender statistics, a lack of comprehensive data gap mapping, and a minimal set of national gender indicators. The scarcity of data disaggregated by sex, residence, region, age group, wealth index, ethnicity, and other characteristics complicates efforts to effectively analyze and address gender issues. Additionally, difficulties in accessing data persist, with minimal interaction between data users and producers.

To address these challenges, UN Women collaborates with the National Bureau of Statistics in mainland Tanzania and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician in Zanzibar. Through targeted interventions to mainstream gender statistics into national and sectoral statistics strategies, we support the adoption of a minimum set of national gender priority indicators and facilitate the production of sex-disaggregated Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators. We also assist in the contextual thematic analysis of data, capacity building to enhance data generation, and promote coordination between data users and producers to ensure that data production meets actual needs.

Through these initiatives, we aim to create a robust gender statistics framework that supports informed policy-making and promotes gender equality across Tanzania.