Abstract
Gender Statistics are basis for gender-responsive policy formulation and planning.
In Indonesia lack of appropriate gender-responsive statistics system hindered the promotion ofthe formulation of gender-responsive policies. In this situation the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) started assisting the Government of Indonesia in developing the functional gender-responsive statistics system (Gender Statistics Project) in February 2000 and continued until March 2002.
The overall goal of the Gender Statistics Project was to utilize gender statistics to formulate policies and plan, and the direct objectives were 1) to promote cooperation between gender statistics producers and users 2) to improve capacities of producers 3) to improve capacities of users 4) to increase users' access to gender statistics. Under the Project the following activities took place; Needs assessment, Trainings, Production and publication of gender statistics booklets, Dissemination of gender statistics, Review of the published gender statistics booklets.
In this paper first the outputs of the project were reviewed, and then the possibility of the utilization of the presented statistics was examined from the gender-responsive policy formulation point of view. Finally it was evaluated whether this Project contributed to promote the gender-responsive policy formulation. It was recognized that the Project made the concrete system of gender statistics necessary for formulating gender-responsive policies based on the positive external factors.
