The Statistics Ministry and UN Women held a national conference in New Delhi on 2 November to discuss findings of Women and Men in India 2025, the ministry's flagship publication on gender statistics.
The conference brought together policymakers, central and state officials, statisticians, researchers and UN agencies to look at how gender data can inform policy.
Speakers
UN Women India's Country Representative Shoko Ishikawa stressed gender-disaggregated data. EU Ambassador Jean-Eric Paque spoke on the EU–India partnership on gender equality. Dr Dalip Singh of MoSPI stressed identifying gender gaps. Dr Shamika Ravi of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM highlighted progress in welfare delivery and women's financial empowerment, and called for better employment quality and state-level analysis.
The release does not report specific statistics from the publication.
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Source: official release by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (02 NOV 2026 7:04PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: National Conference on “Gender Data and Statistics: From Evidence to Policy Insights | MoSPI and UN Women.
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VerifiedEvery fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2331749) issued by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation on 02 NOV 2026 7:04PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.
Sources
- 1.National Conference on “Gender Data and Statistics: From Evidence to Policy Insights | MoSPI and UN Women — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
