On December 16, a meeting was held between the Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, Bahodir Abdusalomovich Begalov, and the representative of the UN Women in the Kyrgyz Republic, Ms. Ulziysuren Jamsran, to discuss potential cooperation in the field of gender statistics and to study the interest of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics to become a participant global data collection initiative to count every woman and girl/Women Count (WCP).
During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues, in particular: analysis of gender data in Uzbekistan; assessment of the capacity of the national statistical system of Uzbekistan in the field of monitoring and reporting on national and international commitments in matters of gender equality, empowerment of women; discussing the prospects for developing a national roadmap/strategy for gender statistics; the role of the Committee in the development of the Gender Profile of Uzbekistan, carried out at the initiative of UN Women, in close cooperation with the UN Statistics Division and other issues of cooperation.
The representative of the UN-Women highly appreciated the ongoing reforms and initiatives of the Government of the Republic in achieving national and international commitments in matters of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
The parties agreed to continue developing close cooperation.
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