Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Gender MIS


Management Information System

Description

Punjab Commission on the Status of Women is a statutory institution established to promote womens empowerment and remove discrimitation against women. PCSW serves as an overight body meant to ensure laws, policies and programmes of the government of the province of Punjab are equitable. The commission has created the first ofnits kind management information system in Asia with around 300 indicators to map the status of women. Data has been collected from surveys, census and administrative sources. It establishes unequal status of women through reliable public data. Gender MIS is meant to catalyse actions in the various public sector organisations for women's empowerment. Based on information from the GMIS, a first of its Punjab Gender Parity report has been published with rich analysis of disparity based on gender in Punjab.

Project website

http://Pcsw.punjab.gov.pk


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2019
  • AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 5: Gender equality

Coverage
  • Pakistan

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2016

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Women

WSIS values promotion

Gender MIS is meant to catalyse actions in the various public sector organisations for women's empowerment.


Entity name

Punjab Commission on the Status of Women

Entity country—type

Pakistan Government

Entity website

http://Pcsw.punjab.gov.pk