United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Developing Gender Statistics How to Organize a Successful Workshop on Gender Statistics ? © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE,
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Developing Gender Statistics How to Organize a Successful Workshop on Gender Statistics ? © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Preparation Phase of the Training • Identifying key actors • Needs assessment • • What are your expectations for this workshop? How can this workshop be beneficial to your current work? • What areas of gender statistics are of more importance to your NSO at the moment (if any), and what other areas would you like to study? • Building communication with key actors © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Arguments against producing gender statistics “Gender statistics is not a statistical field, what is special about it?” “Business statistics does not relate to gender.” “The role of women is not an issue in our country. We have resource constraints and we need to concentrate on other areas.” “All our data are sex-disaggregated anyway. What’s the problem?” “Nowadays women have the same opportunities as men. So where is the problem?” “Adding gender will cost too much.” © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved “We do not want to overburden the respondents.” United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Preparation Phase of the Training cont. • Naming the event • Identification of clear objectives • Follow-up objectives • • • Example 1. Design of a new survey to investigate gender-based violence. Example 2. Development of gender - disaggregated indicators Example 3. Developing action plans and further steps © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Preparation Phase of the Training cont. e.g. Gender Statistics follow-up objectives for 20082009 for Bosnia & Herzegovina • Inclusion of the gender component in questionnaires and surveys conducted by the Statistical institutions, wherever possible • Review the labor force survey by identifying areas where gender can be further incorporated into the methodology of the LFS • Develop training modules on the following topics: reconciliation between work and family life; informal employment; gender pay gap • Provide training for enumerators • Review and follow up of the Questionnaire in 2008 from the gender perspective and work on redesigning of LFS for 2009 © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase • Content of the training • Facilitation Don’t Do Use you own best judgment at all times Be late, Rush Introduce yourself, establish rapport Lecture Respect, be nice to people, be sensitive Criticize Share, listen, watch, relax Interrupt Embrace error, learn from mistakes Dominate, monopolize Have fun, enjoy Take yourself too seriously © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Facilitation • A process in which a person who is acceptable to all members of the group, substantively neutral, and has no decisionmaking authority intervenes to help group improve the way it identifies and solves problems and makes decisions, in order to increase the group’s efectiveness. © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Facilitation formats • • • • • • • Icebreakers Action Learning Case Studies Facilitated activities Paper-and-Pencil Games Role Plays Simulation Games © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase (Facilitation) How the Size of Meetings Impacts Participation 3-6 people Everyone speaks 7-10 people Almost everyone speaks - Quieter people speak less One or two may not speak at all 11-18 people 5 or 6 people speak a lot, 3 or 4 join in occasionally 19-30 people 3 or 4 people dominate 30+ people Little participation in a discussion is possible © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. • Methodology and approach Use participatory approach participatory © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved non-participatory United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. • Participatory approach and peer learning – Strong implication of each participant – Better retention of information when participants engage in activities and learn from each other. © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. • Compostion of the Group + © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved = gender balanced group United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. Community of Practice • Communities of Practice are groups of people who share a common concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do better as they interact regularly. In pursuing their interest in their domain (in our case it is statistics), members engage in joint activities and discussions, help each other, and share information. They build relationships that enable them to learn from each other. © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved Delivery Phase cont. Community of Practice – web portal United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. Participatory methods • Focused Conversation Method • Brainstorming method • Role – Play • Ranking and Scoring Method © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved e.g. Gender-Based Violence Focused Conversation Steps Content Type of questions 1. Objective Gender- Based Violence – Quick Survey & Competition •Do you think there is gender-based violence in your country? •How open is your culture for a debate of this issue? •How would you rate the quality of the data regarding this issue in your country? 2. Reflective Video clip on domestic violence •What struck you most in the situation of the women portrayed? •What implication has the given information on your work? 3. Interpretive This activity analyzes meaning and significance that participants attach to the subject •What is the significance of the problem? •What are the consequences of not handling genderbased violence issues in your country? 4. Decisional Gender- Based Violence – Advocacy presentation •Think of ways to convince your manager of the importance of this topic. •What stakeholders would you involve in the dialogue to guarantee a successful roll-out of the survey? Closing Multimedia presentation “Gender-Based Violence – Action Plan” • • • To Include reporting on domestic violence in the national registration system Include a module on violence against women in an ongoing survey Develop a new, specialized survey on VAW United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. (participatory methods) • Brainstorming method E.g. Gender Pay Gap activity Objective - to develop arguments to convince skeptical statisticians on the importance of gender pay data for policy making Time - 60 minutes: - 5 minutes - group set-up and briefing - 30 minutes - group work on gender pay using data from imaginary company, developing arguments on importance of gender issues in wages data - 25 minutes - reporting out © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. (participatory methods) • Role - Play e.g. Role Play - argue in support of gender statistics or against it, in the roles of an NSO Budget Officer, NSO Statistician, National Committee for Women Representative, and a NGO Representative. © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. (participatory methods) • Ranking and Scoring Method e.g. Ranking: Gender Based Violence –Quick Survey & Competition The facilitator asks a question to the group and asks them to rate it on the scale from 1 to 10 (1= not relevant/bad, 10= very important/good): 1. “Do you think there is gender-based violence in your country?” 2. “How open is your culture for a debate on this issue?” 3. “How would you rate the quality of the data regarding this issue in your country?” © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved Delivery Phase cont. (participatory methods) • Even high-level audiences appreciate being given some time to have ‘fun’. e.g. “Why do we need Gender Statistics” and “Gender Budgeting” slogans United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. • Check if all the logistical issues are resolved before the event • adequate space • seating arrangements • name tags, flip-charts, paper, pens, markers and handouts • acoustics • interpretation © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Delivery Phase cont. S.T.E.P.S. for Successful Participatory Meetings Balance Preparation Body Language Honoring everyone Keeping on track Space Style Product Case studies Charts/ Figures Activities Documents Community of Practice © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved Time Location Audio/ Visuals Multimedia presentation Décor/ Setting Seating arrangement Pace Agenda Format Breaks Eventfulness Change of pace Celebration Humor Awards Prize United Nations Economic Commission for Europe The Web-based Gender Statistics toolkit • http://info.worldbank.org/etools/genderstat/ index.asp © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Why ? • If people do not participate in and “own” the solution to the problems, or agree to the decision, implementation will be halfhearted at best, probably misunderstood and more likely than not, fail... © 2007 The World Bank Group, UNECE, All Rights reserved