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Comments
PMs 102, 103 and 104 of chapter J of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, referring to the frameworks for
implementing the regional agenda on population and development, deal in a cross-cutting manner with the issue of improving data
sources, including the need for financial and human resources to develop reliable, timely and quality information systems with a gender
perspective, disaggregated geographically andby sex, age, race, ethnic origin, and socioeconomic status.
The issue of recognizing women’s economic and social contribution to the development of societies, mentioned as part of this priority
measure, is fully covered inPMs 53 and 64of this same chapter.
PRIORITYMEASURE63
“Strengthen the capacity of countries toprepare and disseminate the gender statistics needed for the formulation of public policies
on gender equality and the empowerment of women.”
Comments
Follow-up to this priority measure can be handled through PM 62 (to which it is complementary), and specifically through the line of
action that calls for “Maintain[ing] an ongoing process of training in the preparation and use of analyses based ongender indicators.”
