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Knowledge Management and Information Sharing:

The Structure of UNECE’s work on Gender Statistics

Victoria Velkoff, on behalf of

UNECE Statistical Division

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Conference of European Statisticians (CES)

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

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Areas in which we work

Data dissemination and collection Measurement of violence against women

(VAW) Process to change data collection and

dissemination in National Statistical System

Emerging issues for UNECE• Gender and minorities

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UNECE Activities

Methodological work• Manual of how to gender sensitize national

statistical offices• Framework of indicators on gender statistics

Technical cooperation• Regional and national workshops on gender

statistics – held twice a year

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Structure of work

Gender Focal Point Network UNECE Regional Work Session every 2

years • Meeting place for Gender FPs, users, and

key international organizations active in the region (e.g., 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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Steering Group

Main objectives:• Coordinate the work of the TFs• Plan future UNECE meetings and

workshops in the field of gender statistics

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Task Force on Gender-sensitisation Training for Statisticians

Objectives: Collect available training materials and

make them available Develop a training module for future use

• UNECE’s Manual on Gender-sensitization Training for Statisticians

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Task Force on Gender-sensitization Training for Statisticians…

Participation • Country representatives from Serbia, the

Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and UNECE.

Partners• World Bank Institute, FAO, UNDP, UNFPA

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Task Force on Violence Against Women Exchange and promote methods for

specialized VAW surveys Define common concepts, develop a

core set of indicators and identify a minimum set of questions for a short-module that can be incorporated into on-going surveys

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Task Force on Violence Against Women… Participation

• Country representative from Serbia, Italy, Canada, HEUNI, OHCHR, UNDAW, WHO, UNIFEM and UNECE.

• Academic institutions active in VAW research

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Task Force on UNECE Gender Statistics Database

• Foster collaboration and discussion with National Statistical Offices and other international organizations working on similar databases

• Provide suggestions on new indicators or modifications to the UNECE database

• Develop a marketing strategy to reach out to users• Coordinate/produce publications using data from

the UNECE database on a regular basis, possibly in collaboration with national agencies and international organizations

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Task Force on UNECE Gender Statistics Database… Participation

• Country representative from Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, OECD, and UNECE.

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How the TFs carry out their work Main means of communication

E-mail

Audioconferences Occasional TF meetings with specific

aims to further the work• E.g., TF Meetings on Gender Sensitization

to produce the outline for the Manual

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Challenges

Making it happen• How to 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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Thank you!