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Experiences with G endered S tatistics and Data in Denmark

Experiences with G endered S tatistics and Data in Denmark. CREDIT, Tunisia July 2013 Karen Sjørup, associate professor Department of Society and Globalisation Roskilde University Denmark. Gender equality has been on the political agenda for many years. 1915 Political rights

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Experiences with G endered S tatistics and Data in Denmark

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  1. Experiences with GenderedStatistics and Data in Denmark CREDIT, TunisiaJuly 2013 Karen Sjørup, associate professor Department of Society and Globalisation Roskilde University Denmark

  2. Gender equality has been on the political agenda for many years • 1915 Political rights • 1973 member of the EU and EU gender equality regulation • 1975 Gender equality board • 2000 Ministerium for Gender Equality and gender equality Minister of the Govermnent

  3. Observatory? • Vi have no gender observatory in Denmark, but • The Ministry and NGOs fought for getting all national statistics gender segregated • For a number of years a yearly gender statistics pamphlet on gender issues according to a number of indicators • EU gender expert networks since the 1990s made a high number of comparative gender surveys in all member countries on: Political rights, economic status of women, gender pay gap, gender division of labour etc.

  4. Gender Research or Feminist Studies • Since the late 1970s gender research has been a research subject in most Danish universities • In the 1990s a special programme was made by the government to improve the conditions for young female researchers. A number of associate professors were appointed in gender studies and a sum og research money was allocated to the subject • This was very influenced by the 1970s “redstocking” movement that was were active in Denmark • Gender research is an important source to highlight the subjects not covered by statistics.

  5. GenderMainstreaming • UN: Beijing 1995, EU: Maastricht treaty 1997 • Since 2000 the authorities in Denmark are obliged to gender mainstream all proposals for new laws and activities • This still isn’t done • The municipalities are supposed to send in a gender report every second year reporting on their activities both in establishing a gender balance in the staffs at all levels and gender mainstreaming all policies and activities. Usually thei only report on personell matters. • The ministries are supposed to make a relevance test when preparing new laws and when relevant make a gender assessment. Most laws are considered ‘not gender relevant’ meaning that the ministries do not have to make the extra work to make a gender assessment.

  6. Global Gender GapWorld Economic Forum • Ranking on the basis of indicators 135 countries in the world • Tunisia is not covered in the 2012 report due to missing information • I use the 2011 report in order to compare the ranking on the four main indikators: Economic participation and opportunities, educational attainment, health and survival and political empowerment

  7. RankingAccording to Global Gender Gap

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