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Measuring Governance with Pro-Poor and Gender Sensitive

Indicators:

Process flow chart as a tool for promoting gender-responsive governance & identifying

indicators

Outline

Workshop – you work!

What are gender statistics?

What are indicators & how do we use them?

Process flow chart as a tool for gender-responsive governance and indicators

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What are gender-responsive statistics?

Reflection – 2 minutes

Write it down – 1 minute

Hold it up & share per table

Synthesis – ONE answer per table

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Key points

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Professional statistics ARE pro-poor & represent women & men equally

National statistical systems cover population

Differences considered in defining, collecting, collating & dissemination data

Different data & variables needed to represent all e.g. time use & VAW surveys more important for women Special surveys for the poor, minorities, disabled, carers,

Presenting statistics back to communities5

What are indicators?What are they used for?

Reflection – 2 minutes

Write it down – 1 minute

Hold it up & share per table

Synthesis – ONE answer per table

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NOT gender statistics / indicators

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Professional statistics / indicators

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Framework for selecting governance indicators

Aim: To assist policy makers monitor & evaluate democratic governance

At country level Pro-poor

Target the poor Cope with the many dimensions of poverty

Gender sensitive – track changes in Equality between women & men, girls & boys Women, men etc in socially excluded groups Women’s empowerment so equality can be achieved

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Principles of democracy & normative values

Decision-making & makers Citizens

Women/men Poor/non-poor etc, minorities, excluded groups

Normative values of democratic governance Participation & representation of all kinds of

women & men Transparency & Accountability – to different groups Responsiveness & efficiency – to different needs Equality of outcomes for all

Suggested indicators

Citizens participation & responsibilities

Citizens equal participation

normative values of democratic governance Participation & Representation

Transparency & Accountability

Responsiveness & Efficiency

Equality of outcomes10

Three levels of indicators Begin with objective: what is to be indicated?

Outcome what do we want to achieve? How will we know we have achieved it?

Inputs What is needed to create these processes? How will we know they are available?

Process Using inputs to achieve output? How to identify best processes? How to know when & how processes need adjustment?

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Process indicators- missing link

Input indicators – do not show how inputs are used

Output indicators do not show how outputs are achieved (or NOT achieved)

Process indicators show how inputs generate (or fail to generate) outputs

Process indicators point to problems & can suggest solutions 12

Indicators change – no perfect set

As objective is achieved, another emerges

Needs a new indicator

Indicators are basis for action

Actions to improve indicator? – make it irrelevant

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Processes are key

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Example

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Why gender-blind budgeting?

Budget processes Lack budget understandingSupply side – local government

service providersDemand side – community –

women and men’s different needs & access

Decentralisation – responsibility without authority or sufficient

resources

Right to demand minimum services & required resources or

changes in resource disbursement

Gender blind – lack access to information

Lack sex-disaggregated data

Unaware of rights or how to use political process

Lack sex-disaggregated dataLack of gender awareness

Lack of participation, especially among women

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Flow chart to identify gender needs & gaps

Supply side – local government Community – services users

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Service

Women & girlsMen & boys

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Knowledge

ResourcesSocial permission

Time – timing, duration

Physical access

A. Knowledge needs & processes

Group work

Appoint facilitator & reporter

15 minutes discussion

Prepare flip chart & display

Gallery Viewing – wander!18

Key points

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B. Resource needs & processes

resource needs & processes Group work





Key points

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C. Social permission needs & processes

Group work





Key points

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D. Time needs & processes






Key points

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E. Physical & social access & processes






Key points

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Flow chart to identify indicators

Supply side – local government Community – services users

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Service

Women & girlsMen & boys

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Knowledge

ResourcesSocial permission

Time – timing, duration

Physical access

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Gender sensitive indicators measure equality between women & men

1.Disaggregated by sex

2.Specific to or targeted toward females or males –

3.“Implicitly gendered” No reference to sex BUT relevant to roles of females or males – use of domestic water, childcare

4.Chosen by women – e.g. violence against womenBased on data, defined, collected, presented & disseminated taking into account differences between women & men

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Pro-poor indicators reveal the poverty gap & important issues for the poor

4 ways an indicator could be pro-poor

1. Disaggregated by poverty status

2. Specific to the poor – access to welfare services

3. Implicitly pro-poor – use of free (legal) services

4. Chosen by the poor – involves the participation of the poor in selection and use of indicators

An improvement in an indicator generally means the result is pro-poor

Role of indicators

Identify problems – support voice Tool for development and delivery of services. Sex-disaggregated and gender-sensitive

indicators essential for the delivery of gender-sensitive services

Essential input for monitoring, evaluation Essential for accountability.

User’s Guide: Four questions

1.Why are basic services important and which services are basic?

2.What is role & obligation of government in service delivery?

Why should delivery be gender-sensitive?3.What is role of governance in basic services

delivery?4.Why is measurement important? What is the role of indicators in service delivery?

A. Indicators - Knowledge

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B. Indicators - Resources

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C. Indicators –Social Permission

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D. Indicators - Time

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E. Indicators –Physical & social access

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Why gender sensitive delivery?Are you being served?

Women and men have different roles

Different needs and interests

Different situations and access

Without gender-sensitive delivery, women and girls will not be served.

Why are basic services important?

• Key strategy for achieving development

• All MDGs depend to some extent on the delivery of basic services• Target 3 cannot be achieved without basic

education services: • Target 10 is access to services

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Three kinds of basic services

Basic ‘social’ services essential for women’s rights to health & education

Not conventional but essential for women’s economic human rights – employment & economic services

Components of governance itself - electoral, civil registration, legal, justice police services.

Governance services enable delivery of basic social services

Governance Framework for Service Delivery

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Process flow chart – develops process indicators about specific governance processes

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Thank you.Let’s use indicators to make a better

world!

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