Regional Training on Big Data and Data Science for Gender Statistics in Asia and the Pacific

The overall objective of the week-long training is to help participants better understand the use and benefits of Big Data in the production of gender statistics. To that end, the training program will present recent development in the compilation of gender statistics as well as new methods, case studies and processes that can facilitate the integration of Big Data in this process. The training will also emphasize the limitations, constraints and privacy issues inherent to the use of Big, non-traditional or administrative data. Please refer to the attached concept note, which provides a more detailed description of objectives, scope and requirements for the training.