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On May 17 of this year, an international seminar was held at the Hyatt Regency Tashkent hotel within the framework of the Global Program “Every Woman and Girl Is Important”, organized by the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to assess the potential of gender statistics in our country.

The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be held in New York, USA, from March 11 to 22, 2024, with a focus on accelerating the achievement of gender equality, as well as empowering women and girls by fighting poverty.

From April 16 to April 25 of this year, training seminars were organized at the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the participation of agency employees and specialists from ministries and departments responsible for the generation of gender data.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, the total number of girls admitted to technical schools operating in the Republic of Uzbekistan was 31,460.

As of April 1, 2024, the permanent population of the Republic of Uzbekistan amounted to 36,963.3 thousand people, of which 18,608.7 thousand (50.3 %) were men, 18,354.6 thousand (49.7 %) - women.

On April 16 of this year, a meeting was held in the building of the Statistics Agency with Jamison Henninger, an expert on international ratings for open data Open Data Inventory (ODIN) and Gender Data Compass, an international organization of Open Data Watch.

As of April 1, 2024, the permanent population of Uzbekistan was about 37 million people.

On April 16 of this year, at the InterContinental Tashkent hotel, the Statistics Agency under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Senate Committee of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Women and Gender Equality and the OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbekistan, held an international seminar on improving open gender information towards inclusive management and acceptance solutions in Uzbekistan.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, the number of girls admitted to vocational schools was 29,452.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, the total number of boys admitted to technical schools operating in the Republic of Uzbekistan was 18,137.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, the number of boys admitted to vocational schools was 81,661.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, 7,488 girls were admitted to academic lyceums.

According to sample household surveys of the Statistics Agency, as of January-December 2023, the proportion of women aged 10 years and older using the Internet was 87.3 %.

According to household sample surveys from the Statistics Agency, as of January-December 2023, the proportion of men aged 10 years and older using mobile phones was 99.1 %.

According to household sample surveys from the Statistics Agency, as of January-December 2023, the proportion of women aged 10 years and older using mobile phones was 99.2 %.

In January-February 2024, the civil registry offices in rural areas registered 67,766 live births in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, 194.6 thousand students are enrolled in vocational schools of the Republic of Uzbekistan, of which 143 thousand boys and 51.6 thousand girls.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, 124.7 thousand students are studying in technical schools of the Republic of Uzbekistan, of which 37.3 thousand are boys and 87.4 thousand are girls.