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Statistics

General resources

Gender Statistics (UNSD)
- Gender Indicators
Global Gender Gap report (World Economic Forum)
Human Development Report 2006 (UNDP)
- Table 25: Gender Empowerment Measure, ranks countries on percent of women in professional, managerial or parliamentary position and income
- Table 26: Gender inequality in education
- Table 27: Gender inequality in economic activity
- Table 28: Gender, work and time allocation
- Table 29: Women's political participation
OECDiLibrary
- Gender, Institutions and Development
- Gender Equality
Gender Statistics (World DataBank)
Gender Data Portal (World Bank)
Statistics and indicators on women and men (UN)
Gender, Institutions and Development Database 2014 (GID-DB)
The Progress of nations
- 1993-1997, 2000
- Provides country statistics on social indicators for women and children

Women

The World's women: trends and statistics (UN)
OECD
- Violence against women
- Women in politics
The World's women 1970-1990 : trends and statistics
- UN2..S...11-1991K08
Women 2000
- UN2..C...98....-W55
- 1986 - March 2002

Children

State of the World's Children
- UN1..C.......S78....ENG
- 1990 - 1996 (microfiche)
- More recent issues available online
The State of the World's Children Annual Report (UNICEF)
Statistics on children in UNICEF assisted countries
- UN1..C.........-S71
- 1990, 1992