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CPS1939 Josefina V. A. et al.
"Statistics are no substitute for judgment." by Henry Clay
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
On gender equality, here are some good quotations:
"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for
meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable
development and building good governance." by Kofi Annan
"Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include
gender equality." by Helen Clark
"It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of
opposing ideals." by Emma Watson
"No country can truly develop if half of its population is left behind." by
Justine Greening
There is clear distinction of important concepts like gender and sex by
providing definitions, graphics, and illustrations. Sex is the biological and
physiological characteristics that define women and men. It is permanent
and the categories are Female-Male. On the other hand, gender refers to
roles, behavior, and activities assigned by society to women and men and
boys and girls. It can change over time with changes in culture and others
categorize it as Feminine – Masculine or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, and Queer.
The common notion about the term ‘gender statistics’ surfaced
during capability trainings. Many participants think that these only
refer to numerical figures about women. The purpose of
distinguishing the terms gender and sex is to stress that policy and
research interest is usually in gender, not sex, but examination of
data by sex, is the means to making gender-based analyses. Cross-
classification of data by sex, presents information separately for men
and women, boys and girls. In addition, sex-disaggregated data
reflect roles, real situations, general conditions of women and men,
girls and boys in every aspect of society.
The lecture presents the different SDGs with gender-related
indicators. To appreciate the gender-related sustainable
development goal indicators, the lecture provides actual data using
infographics that are meant to explain the information simply and

clearly.
Examples of Gender-related indicators data:
For Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
• 4.4 million more women than men live in extreme poverty globally

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