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UNECE and gender statistics

UNECE and gender statistics. Angela Me UNECE Statistical Division. Conference of European Statisticians. Provides a framework for UNECE work on Gender Statistics Functions of the CES in ECE work on Gender Statistics Approves new work Monitors progress through annual updates

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UNECE and gender statistics

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  1. UNECE and gender statistics Angela Me UNECE Statistical Division

  2. Conference of European Statisticians Provides a framework for UNECE work on Gender Statistics Functions of the CES in ECE work on Gender Statistics • Approves new work • Monitors progress through annual updates • Ensures work plan is carried out • Maintains relevance of work

  3. Areas in which we work • Data dissemination and collection • Process to change data collection and dissemination in National Statistical Systems • Gender and minorities

  4. Priority Gender Areas • Violence against women/Domestic violence • Segregation in the labour market • Pay Gap • Informal employment • Vertical/Horizontal segregation • Reconciliation of family and work and unpaid work • Participation in decision making • Entrepreneurship • Gender attitudes • Poverty • Gender and minorities

  5. Priority Gender Statistics Areas • Measurement • Lack of regular data sources • Gender not properly considered in existing data collection and dissemination • Underutilization of existing data • Institutional issues in engendering national statistical systems

  6. Prevalence of Sexual assault-sexual violence in women

  7. Regular data collection not available • Surveys on gender attitudes • Surveys on time-use • Surveys on reproductive health • Surveys on violence against women

  8. Gender not properly considered • Sex is not included in the data collection • Business registers, disease reporting, voting registers • Sex is not included in the dissemination of the data • Issues that reflect an unequal participation of women an men are not properly collected • Quality of work, informal employment, leading positions

  9. Entrepreneurship: Data Availability

  10. Location and Seniority of GSFPECE/UNDP Assessment 2003

  11. GSFP Interacting with other Departments ECE/UNDP Assessment 2003

  12. Main conclusion Need to train subject matter statisticians Development of tools to gender-sensitize statisticians Gender statistics is to make better statistics

  13. UNECE Activities • Methodological work • Manual of how to gender sensitize national statistical offices (in collaboration with the WBI and other international organizations) • Framework of indicators on gender statistics • Technical cooperation • Development of training tools - Regional and national Workshops on gender statistics (in collaboration with the WBI)

  14. Structure of work • Gender Focal Point Network • Regional Work Session every 2 years • Meeting place for Gender FPs, users, and key international organizations active in the region (e.g., WBI, UNDAW, UNDP, FAO, UNFPA, UNIFEM, EU, OECD, ILO, WHO)

  15. Structure of work… • Steering Group on Gender Statistics • 3 Task Forces • TF on Gender Sensitization Training for Statisticians • TF on Violence Against Women • TF on UNECE Gender Statistics Database

  16. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Domains: • Population • Families and households • Work and the economy • Education • Public life and decision making • Health • Crime and justice

  17. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database

  18. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Retrieval statistics : language profile

  19. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website Content and structure • The Gender Statistics Website presents a set of material relevant for better understanding gender issues and statistics engendering.

  20. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website Recent innovation and ongoing work • New section on Time Use Surveys (TUS): various documentation • New section on Violence Against Women: documentation, questionnaires, and data • Translation into Russian • Update of national gender publications

  21. Challenges • Making it happen • How to make encourage Statistical Offices to change their methodologies to incorporate gender into the foundation of their statistics • How to engage managers of Statistical Offices in understanding why gender needs to be integrated in their work • Violence Against Women • Development and maintenance of collaborative efforts from different constituencies and expertise

  22. Challenges… • Use of data from the Database and marketing of the Database • How to better disseminate the data and encourage usage by Statistical offices and other users

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