GenTRACK Arab States focuses on gender-related data concerning 17 countries from the Arab States region, as per the UN Women’s coverage from its office in Cairo, including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Emirates, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen. It offers a comprehensive set of 194 gender-related indicators that cover the period from 2000 onwards.
The tracking tool includes indicators that relate to four core thematic areas of focus: women’s economic empowerment, gender and governance, violence against women and girls, and women, peace and security. It gathers data from nine credible global datasets and indices, which include the World Bank, the United Nations Statistics Division and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, the Varieties of Democracy Index, the International Labor Organization, and others.
By allowing a comprehensive overview and analysis of gender data, GenTRACK helps stakeholders identify existing disparities and inequalities related to gender and develop targeted interventions, policies, and awareness campaigns aimed at reducing them. It further facilitates the tracking of national implementation plans against Sustainable Development Goals and contributes to the monitoring of the realization of human rights standards outlined in international human rights treaties to which different Arab states are parties.
The Dashboard was developed by UN Women and is administrated by the Data and Results Management Unit of the UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States.
GenTRACK serves a variety of stakeholders and users, including development specialists, decision-makers, civil society, governments, and the general public.