Table A9
Members within the national machinery for gender equality, by sex and disability status
| Country or area | Number of members in the national machinery on gender equality | Proportion of members with disabilities (percentage) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With disabilities | Without disabilities | ||||||||
| Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | |
| China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Hong Kong, China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| Indonesia | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Macao, China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nauru | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 20.0 |
| Philippines | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 69 | 92 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Samoa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3.8 |
| Thailand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 12.5 |
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Explanatory notes on data sources and collection methods (as reported by governments)
Bhutan (no machinery on gender equality); Cambodia (National Council for Women has 27 members; data were not provided); China (membership in the National Working Committee on Children and Women under the State Council; based on administrative records); Georgia (membership in the Gender Equality Council of Parliament; based on administrative records); Indonesia (membership in the Gender Mainstreaming Programme under Ministry of Women Empowerment; based on medical tests and administrative records); Japan (membership in the Council for Gender Equality; based on self-identification); Macao, China (membership of the Women and Children Affairs Committee; based on administrative records); Micronesia, Federated States of (Gender Development Programme; based on interview and observation); Nauru (membership in the Domestic Violence Committee; based on medical tests); New Caledonia (a gender mechanism is being created); Pakistan (data were not provided on the National Commission on the Status of Women); Philippines (membership in the Commission on Women); Republic of Korea (membership in the Gender Equality Committee; based on administrative records of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family); Samoa (source and method unspecified); Singapore (the Inter-Ministry Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women comprises representatives from 14 public sector agencies, no tracking of their disability status); Thailand (membership in the Committee on Unfair Gender Discrimination Complaints; based on administrative records of the Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development); Timor-Leste (no machinery on gender equality); Turkey (General Directorate on the Status of Women; no data provided).