The 2011 Statistical Handbook on Women and Men in Eastern Visayas, 4th Edition, presents the latest available gender statistics through tables and charts with short explanatory texts and brief analyses highlighting important features of the data. Data for provinces and key cities are also provided whenever possible. This edition incorporates Gender Development Index (GDI) and updates on population characteristics based on the 2007 Census of Population. Through this publication, the NSCB Regional Division VIII hopes to contribute to the government’s efforts in furthering gender mainstreaming and in fulfilling the various international gender-related commitments of our country.