The case study titled ‘Data collection and gender-sensitive post-legislative scrutiny’ examines the importance and the key role of gender-sensitive data in gender-sensitive post-legislative scrutiny. 

The present document identifies the relationship between gender, legislation and data, examines the concept of gender-sensitive data and its features, importance, sources and potential uses in post legislative scrutiny. It explores ways in which parliamentary committees can collect gender-sensitive data, and identifies strategies to generate gender-sensitive data and to make sure findings and results are gender-sensitive.