this development should also be seen in the broader context of producing indicators for measuring progress in human development following the adoption of the copenhagen declaration on social development in and later progress in achieving the millennium development goals in the s second at the national level there has been an increase in demand at the national level for gender statistics and indicators with a view to supporting policymaking and measuring the genderrelated achievements of development projects including the participation of women and men in such projects gender indicators on input project participation and project output have been the focus of many agencies involved with development projects