Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division UNECE and gender statistics Angela Me UNECE Statistical Division.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
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
• Ensures work plan is carried out
• Maintains relevance of work
UNECE Statistical Division
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Areas in which we work
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Data dissemination and collection
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Process to change data collection and
dissemination in National Statistical
Systems
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Gender and minorities
UNECE Statistical Division
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Priority Gender Areas
(ECE-UNDP Assessment)
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Violence against women/Domestic violence
Segregation in the labour market
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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
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Priority Gender Statistics Areas
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Measurement (VAW)
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
UNECE Statistical Division
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Prevalence of Sexual assault-sexual violence in
women
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14
12
10
8
6
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2
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Australia, Canada,
2002
2004
France,
2000
Germany, Italy, 2002
2003
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Spain,
2002
UK, 2001
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Location and Seniority of GSFP
ECE/UNDP Assessment 2003
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Russian Fed.
Location
Level of
seniority
Soc&Dem
Soc%Dem
Social
Social
Soc&Pop
Social
Labour
UNECE Statistical Division
Deputy Dir.
Head of Dept.
Vice-Dir. Division
First deputy Dir.
Head Dept.
Deputy Dir.
Deputy Dir.
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GSFP Interacting with other
Departments
ECE/UNDP Assessment 2003
Yes
Partly
No
No
unit
Economic St.
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1
Agriculture St.
4
1
1
0
Soc&Dem St.
7
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Methodology
Unit
4
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Dissemination
Unit
6
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0
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Main conclusions
Need to train subject matter statisticians
Development of tools to gender-sensitize
statisticians
Gender statistics is to make better statistics
UNECE Statistical Division
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UNECE Activities
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Methodological work
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Manual of how to gender sensitize national
statistical offices (in collaboration with the
WBI and other international organizations)
• Framework of indicators on gender statistics
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Technical cooperation
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Development of training tools - Regional
and national Workshops on gender statistics
(in collaboration with the WBI)
UNECE Statistical Division
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Structure of work
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Gender Focal Point Network
Regional Work Session every 2 years
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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)
UNECE Statistical Division
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Structure of work…
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Steering Group on Gender Statistics
3 Task Forces
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TF on Gender Sensitization Training for
Statisticians
• TF on Violence Against Women
• TF on UNECE Gender Statistics Database
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The UNECE Gender database and website
The gender database
Domains:
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Population
Families and households
Work and the economy
Education
Public life and decision making
Health
Crime and justice
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The UNECE Gender database and website
The gender database
Data availability index (%)
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TOTAL AVERAGE
63
Population
Work and Economy
52
Health
51
Families and households
37
Education
32
Crime and violence
30
Public life and Decision Making
29
UNECE Statistical Division
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The UNECE Gender database and website
The gender database
Retrieval statistics : language profile
ECE Gender Database
Internet Downloads by Language and Month
Total
English
Russian
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Jul 2007
Jun 2007
May 2007
Apr 2007
Mar 2007
Feb 2007
Jan 2007
Dec 2006
Nov 2006
Oct 2006
Sep 2006
Aug 2006
Jul 2006
Jun 2006
May 2006
Apr 2006
Mar 2006
3500
3000
2500
2000
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500
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Trend (Total)
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The UNECE Gender database and website
The gender website
Content and structure
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The Gender Statistics Website presents
a set of material relevant for better
understanding gender issues and
statistics engendering.
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The UNECE Gender database and website
The gender website
Recent innovation and ongoing work
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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
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Challenges
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Making it happen
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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
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Violence Against Women
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Development and maintenance of collaborative
efforts from different constituencies and expertise
UNECE Statistical Division
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Challenges…
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Use of data from the Database and
marketing of the Database
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How to better disseminate the data and
encourage usage by Statistical offices and
other users
UNECE Statistical Division
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