AG/RES. 1455 (XXVII-O/97)
GENDER-BASED INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM OF STATISTICS
(Resolution adopted at the sixth plenary session, held on June 4, 1997)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that full and equal participation by women in society requires that policies and plans be developed from a gender perspective;
MINDFUL of the urgent need for statistics which include the gender perspective in all possible areas so as to have available scientific and factual data which will assist in the definitive introduction of the gender perspective into social, economic, and cultural policy, thereby improving the quality of life of women and of society; and of the need to use statistics to assist in the definition and execution of projects which will enable governments to make real progress in achieving full and equal participation by women in society; and
CONSIDERING:
That, at present, in most member states, there are no statistics available which would satisfy the requirements for formulating sound gender-based policies and projects; and
That a gender-based inter-American system of statistics would make it possible to make comparisons among the member states, and the various regions, and could provide information essential to finding an overall solution to the gender problem,
RESOLVES: