The Africa Programme on Gender Statistics (APGS) is working to increast attention to the promotion, production and use of gender statistics as an important tool for measuring and supporting progress towards achieving SDG 5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Implemented by regional organizations, international agencies, regional economic communities, and civil society organizations, the APGS is an umbrella regional programme coordinated by core implementing partners currently comprising the African Union Commission, UNECA, UN Women, and the African Development Bank. 

This Strategic Plan summarizes how the APGS III plans to ensure that by 2026, African Members States will have strengthened their national gender statistics capacities to improve gender indicators for sustainable development.