IAEG Meeting on Gender and MDGsCairo, 10-11 September 2007

Engendering Statistics: An overview of accomplishments

Neda JafarStatistics Division

ESCWAjafarn@un.org

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Contents

• Introduction to Gender Statistics• Engendering Statistics - Global level• Engendering Statistics - Regional level• Engendering Statistical - National level• Future Action

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A wide range of initiatives and activities have been undertaken at the national, regional and international level regarding the development and application of gender indicators.

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Why gender statistics?

Factual basis for all stages of policy making: planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring , reporting and evaluation:

• Shed light on priority gender issues and gender gaps

• Set targets and benchmarks

• Track progress

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International frameworks

Beijing Platform for Action

Strategic objective H.3.

“Generate and disseminate gender-disaggregated data and information for planning and evaluation”

Fourth World Conference on Women(Beijing, September 1995)

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By whom?

• Fundamentally the responsibility of national statistical offices and line ministries

• UN can advocate:– produce and use sex-disaggregated data and

gender-sensitive indicators, – assist in the development of standards, concepts

and definitions; – provide capacity building in data collection, analysis

and presentation

Beijing Platform for Action, Strategic objective H.3.

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And for whom?

Ultimately to meet the information needs of a wide range of users:

• Policy and decision makers, academia• Research centers• Think tanks• Private sector• Media• General public

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Key partners

Global

Regional

Country

UNSD, RCs, UN specialized agencies,

Tasks Forces & Expert Groups

LASCAWTARCREDIFOthers

NSOs

Line Ministri

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Civil Society O

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Focus of work on gender statistics

• Evaluating and improving definitions, concepts, methods

• Improving skills in data production, analysis and dissemination

Manuals, guidelines& handbooks

Training workshops & study visits

Tasks Forces/Expert GroupsIntl. organizations

Gender Units in CSOs

• Assisting in data compilation, analysis and dissemination

Reports & publications on women and men

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• Technical materials• Statistical reports and publications• Global gender statistics programmes

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Engendering Statistics – Global Level

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UNSD Technical Materials

• Compiling Social Indicators on the Situation of Women (1984)• Concepts and Methods for Improving Statistics on the Situation of Women (1984) • Improving Statistics and Indicators on Women Using Household Surveys (1988)• Training Users and Producers in Compiling Statistics and Indicators on Women and Development (1987)• Handbook for the Development of National Statistical Databases on Women and Development (1989)• Methods of Measuring Women's Participation in the Informal Sector (1990)• Methods of Measuring Women's Economic Activity- Technical Report, (1993)• Handbook for Producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men (1997)• Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), version 4 on CD-ROM (2000) • Indicators for Monitoring the MDGs- Definition, Rational, Concepts and Sources (2003)

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Other Technical Materials• Methods of Measuring Women’s Participation and Production in the Informal sector

(1990)

• Methods of Measuring Women’s Economic Activity (1993)

• Engendering Statistics: A Tool for Change (1996)

• Guide to Gender-Sensitive Indicators, by the Canadian International Development Agency (1997)

• Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use: Measuring Paid and Unpaid Work (2005)

• Gender-sensitive Statistics for Agriculture

• Gender sensitive Indicators: A Key Tool for Gender Mainstreaming (FAO)

• Qualitative and Quantitative Indicators for the Monitoring and Evaluation of the ILO Gender Mainstreaming Strategy

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Statistical Reports and Publications• The World’s Women: Trends and Statistics

• The World’s Women: 2005 Progress in Statistics• Progress of the World’s Women• Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap• Situation of Women (1990)• Statistics and Indicators on Women in Africa (1989)

• Compendium of Statistics and Indicators on the Situation of Women (1988)

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Global Gender Statistics Programmes

• UNSD Global Gender Statistics Programme• World Bank Group Gender Action Plan• ILO Gender Promotion Programme• FAO Gender and Development Plan of Action (2002-

2007)• WHO program on Women, Health and Development• Others

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Engendering Statistics – Regional Level

• Projects

• Programme development

• Training workshops

• Manuals and Handbooks

• Gender-based statistical reports and publications

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Gender Statistics Projects

• Development of National Gender Statistics Programmes in the Arab Countries

• Development of National Gender Statistics in Iraq (UNDG-IFT)

• Interregional cooperation to strengthen social inclusion, gender equality and health promotion in the Millennium Development Goals

• Toward More Gender-Responsive MDG Monitoring and Reporting in the Arab Region

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• The United Nations has developed a Gender Statistics Programme (GSP) for Arab countries .

• It aims to enhance national capabilities in the production, use and dissemination of gender statistics to lead to more effective policies promoting change for the benefit of women and the advancement of society as a whole.

• Since 1997 GSP activities have commenced on both the regional and national levels in 12 Arab countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia, Syria and Yemen.

http://www.escwa.org.lb/gsp/

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Programme Development

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Regional Workshops

•First Regional Workshop (Tunis, 9-14 June 1997)

•Second Regional Workshop (Jordan, 8-11 1999)

•Third Regional Workshop (Tunis, 5-7 July 2001)

•Fourth Regional Workshop (Beirut, 17-19 June 2003)

•Workshop on Gender Statistics as a Tool for Policy Formulation and Analysis (Beirut, 17-19 June 2003)

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Handbooks and Manuals

• Arabic translation of Handbook on How to Prepare Statistical Publications on Women and Men

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Gender-based statistical publications and reports

Women and Men in the Arab Region: A Statistical Portrait

Women and Men: Education

Women and Men: Employment

Where Do Arab Women Stand in the Development Process?

Arab Women in Public Life and Leadership

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Engendering Statistics – National Level

• National workshops

• National reports and publications

• Country gender statistics programmes

• Gender Focal Points

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National Workshops

Algeria First National Workshop June 1995

Egypt First National Workshop December 1997

Second National Workshop August 1999

Iraq First National Workshop December 2006

Jordan First National Workshop June 1998

Second National Workshop July 1999

A series of national workshops were held in connection to the Development of National Gender Statistics Programmes in the Arab Countries (GSP).

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National Workshops

Syria First National Workshop April 1998

Second National Workshop August 1999

Tunisia First National Workshop July 1998

Second National Workshop July 1999

Yemen First National Workshop December 1998

Lebanon First National Workshop June 1998

Second National Workshop June 1999

Oman First National Workshop February 2000

Palestine First National Workshop March 1999

Qatar First National Workshop July 2001

Second National Workshop January 2003

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Gender-based country reports

The reports include national work plans, overviews of national workshops, national strategies for improving gender statistics, and challenges in the preparation of national statistical.

AlgeriaEgyptJordan

LebanonOman

PalestineQatarSyria

TunisiaYemen

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Gender-based statistical booklets

National Women and Men Series

Algeria: A Statistical PortraitEgypt: A Statistical Portrait Jordan: A Statistical PortraitLebanon: A Statistical PortraitOman: Women and Men

Qatar: National Report on Women and MenPalestine: A Statistical PortraitThe Syrian Arab Republic: A Statistical PortraitTunisia: A Statistical PortraitYemen: A Statistical PortraitMorocco

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Country Gender Focal PointsCountry Organization

Qatar Department of Statistics, The Planning Council

Jordan Department of Statistics

Egypt Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics

The National Council for Women

Ministry of Planning and Health (MOPH)

Cairo Demographic Center (CDC)

National Council for Childhood and Motherhood

National Population Council

Syria Population Affairs Bureau

Oman Ministry of National Economy

Iraq Human Development Statistics Division , Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology, Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation

Palestine Department of Gender Statistics, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education

Ministry of Higher Education

Ministry of Civil Services

Ministry of Labour

Government Organization for Social Insurance

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World Wide Websselected

• http://www.awid.org AWID -Association for Women in Development,

• http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/index.html BRIDGE is a gender development organization

• http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/equ_opp/news/gender_equ_en.htm This European Union’s website falls under the Employment and Social Affairs of the European Union.

• http://www.fao.org/docrep/X2785e/X2785e00.htm The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/gender/overview/ilo.htm The International Labour Organization’s (ILO)

• http://www.kit.nl/cmo/html/body_gender.htm Since the 1980s, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) based in The Nether lands

• http://www.worldbank.org/gender The World Bank Group 27

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• http://www.genderstats.worldbank.org/menu.asp This website of the Gender and Development Group (PREM Gender) provides a database of gender

• http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/divis/acw/index.htm The African Centre for Women (ACW) is a division within the Economic Commission for Africa.

• http://www.eclac.org/English/research/women/indicators/genderind.htm The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

• http://www.unescap.org/wid/index.htm The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Women in Development site

• http://www.unifem.undp.org/gov_ppp.htm The UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

• http://www.un.org/womenwatch/resources/goodpractices This good practices database in gender mainstreaming and implementing the Beijing Platform for Action

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• http://www.un.org/womenwatch WomenWatch is the UN internet gateway on the advancement and empowerment of women.

• http://www.undp.org/gender The UNDP Gender in Development Programme (GIDP)

• http://www.cawtar.org/ CAWTAR is an Independent Regional Institution promoting gender equality in the Arab World through Research, Training, Networking and Advocacy

• http://www.credif.org.tn/ CREDIF center for researches, studies, documentation and information for women

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Future Action…• Which countries are missing?

• What are the gaps in issues, data, indicators and analysis?

• What is being done to address these gaps, challenges and strategies?

• What activities are needed at the international level in terms of agencies collaboration to support national initiatives and build capacity of member countries to sustain the development of gender statistics?