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United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical DivisionUnited Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical Division
GENDER DIVISION IN INDIA
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 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
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3
Areas in which we work
Data dissemination and collection
Process to change data collection and dissemination in National Statistical Systems
Gender and minorities
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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
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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
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Prevalence of Sexual assault-sexual violence in women
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2
4
6
8
10
12
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16
18
Australia,2002
Canada,2004
France,2000
Germany,2003
Italy, 2002 Spain,2002
UK, 2001
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Regular data collection not available
Surveys on gender attitudes
Surveys on time-use
Surveys on reproductive health
Surveys on violence against women
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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
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Entrepreneurship: Data Availability
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Location and Seniority of GSFPECE/UNDP Assessment 2003
Location Level of seniority
Azerbaijan Soc&Dem Deputy Dir.
Kazakhstan Soc%Dem Head of Dept.
Kyrgyzstan Social Vice-Dir. Division
Tajikistan Social First deputy Dir.
Turkmenistan Soc&Pop Head Dept.
Uzbekistan Social Deputy Dir.
Russian Fed. Labour Deputy Dir.
UNECE Statistical Division Slide 11
GSFP Interacting with other Departments ECE/UNDP Assessment 2003
Yes Partly No No unit
Economic St. 5 1 0 1
Agriculture St. 4 1 1 0
Soc&Dem St. 7 0 0 0
Methodology Unit
4 1 1 0
Dissemination Unit
6 1 0 0
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Main conclusion
Need to train subject matter statisticians
Development of tools to gender-sensitize statisticians
Gender statistics is to make better statistics
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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)
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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)
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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
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Domains: Population Families and households Work and the economy Education Public life and decision making Health Crime and justice
The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database
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The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database
Data availability index (%)
63
29
30
32
52
51
37
41
Public life and Decision Making
Crime and violence
Education
Families and households
Health
Work and Economy
Population
TOTAL AVERAGE
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The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database
Retrieval statistics : language profile
ECE Gender DatabaseInternet Downloads by Language and Month
0500
100015002000250030003500
Mar 2006
Apr 2006
May 2
006
Jun 2
006
Jul 2006
Aug 2
006
Sep 2
006
Oct 2006
Nov 2
006
Dec 2
006
Jan 2
007
Feb 2
007
Mar 2007
Apr 2007
May 2
007
Jun 2
007
Jul 2007
Total English Russian Trend (Total)
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Content and structure
The Gender Statistics Website presents a set of material relevant for better understanding gender issues and statistics engendering.
The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website
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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
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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
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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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