Pakistan to get first portal for documentation of gender data.

ISLAMABAD -- The United Nations (UN) Women Pakistan is working on a portal to help Pakistan for better reporting on its national and international commitments and policy actions with the gender equality.

'National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has been engaged as the technical partner for developing this data portal which is expected to be launched very soon,' said a statement issued by UN Women Pakistan on Wednesday.

Country Representative of UN Women Pakistan Aisha Mukhtar said National Gender Data Portal, being developed in collaboration with National University of Sciences and Technology, would be launched soon.

The initiative would improve collection, compiling, production and use of standardized data for reporting on the country's national and international commitments and guiding informed policy actions to improve the lives of women and girls in Pakistan.

She said that Pakistan needs comprehensive localized data for effective implementation, monitoring and reporting of international commitments on gender equality including Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and SDGs.

In the first meeting of the Technical Review Group held recently, the partners dilated on various aspects and discussed key indicators to be included in the portal. Federal Secretary Ministry of Human Rights Rabiya Javeri Agha, who participated in the virtual meeting, said, 'The National Gender Data Portal is a great initiative by NCSW and UN Women Pakistan, which the Ministry of Human Rights fully supports...