UNECE Work Session Geneva, September 2006 Fourth Session Item 5. Dissemination, Marketing and Use of Gender Statistics The experience of Eurostat Anatole Tokofai*, Eurostat, Labour Market Unit (*) the views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the ones of the European Commission

Historical perspective and review of Gender equality policy Gender Statitics Currently Available Range of dissemination products Distribution channels and modalities Analysis of data users Matching dissemination tools with the different types of users Outline

Gender statistics historically developed to serve the needs of policy-makers at Community level Therefore, strong link with Community gender equality policy Community Gender Equality policy designed to provide a common framework co-existing with diverse national legislations, and providing harmonisation, respect of subsidiarity principle Historical perspective

Equal pay for equal work or (for work of equal value) included in the initial Treaty of Rome (1958) Policy actions in the 70s: Equal pay Directive 75/117, equal treatment Directive (76/207) European Court of Justice (ECJ) rulings Until the 1990s, gender equality policy mainly limited to employment and work place Review of gender equality policy

This was reflected in the limited scope of gender statistics collected at Community level Maastricht Treaty(1993) enabled progress in social policy, hence in gender equality policy (e.g. health and safety at work; involvement of social partners, reconciliation between work and family life) But still limited to a large extent to the workplace At global level, impact of Beijing Conf., MDGs Review of gender equality policy

Amsterdam Treaty (1999) extended gender equality to all fields of action of the Community (TEC, Articles 2, 3 & 13) Enabled adoption of secondary legislation: Community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality ( ), to be followed by Community Roadmap for Gender Equality ( ) Review of gender equality policy

The Framework Strategy ( ) foresees: the development and dissemination of comparable statistics on the situation of women and men Adotpion of a gender mainstreaming: integration of gender perspective into every stage of policy processes Implication for Eurostat: ensure that all statistics collected on individuals at EU- level are disaggregated by sex Review of gender equality policy

Available databases Demography, international migration and asylum, census and population projection, health, labour force, Earnings, Income and living conditions, Education, LLL, training, Human resources in science and technology, ICT usage, Time use surveys + ongoing work on childcare, crime and victimisation, VAW Structural indicators ( pre-defined tables ): Employment growth, Average exit age from labour force, gender pay gap, lll, accidents at work, Unemployment rate, S&T graduates, E-government usage, at-risk of poverty rate, early school leavers, women and men aged 18-59, living in jobless hh, healthy life years at birth Available gender statistics

-On-line data for download from Eurostat website -Microdata data for researchers (Labour Force Survey, European Survey on Income and Living Conditions, Structure of Earnings Surveys) -Eurostat publications Statistics in Focus – all gender-related topics Working Papers Pocketbooks – How men and women spend their time Panorama series - The life of women and men in Europe - Policy reports: deriving directly from Treaty or from secondary legislation - Press releases – Women’s day -On going work: gender profile portal, data in focus series Range of data dissemination products

Eurostat web site as main channel -Adoption in October 2004 of a free dissemination policy: provide in EN/DE/FR users with data and other products (non confidential data, on-line publications) free of charge -Results: increase of data users, especially non- professionals (web site traffic multiplied by 6 from Sep to Apr. 2005) Other channels -Websites of National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) -EU Bookshops and information relays -Commercial redistribution companies Dissemination channels and modalities

-Policy departments of the Commission (S.G., Employment, Education/Culture, EcFin,…) -Other EU Institutions, National governments -National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) -Journalists -Social partners (Organisations of employees and of employers) -Lobbyists, women advocates, NGOs -Research organisations, Universities -Consultants, private enterprises -General public Types of users

Matching between products and type of users

Conclusion Production and dissemination of gender statistics initially linked with development of Community gender equality policy Momentum reached with Amsterdam Treaty, Community Framework Strategy on Gender Equality ( ), adoption of the gender mainstreaming approach (foreseen/on-going policy actions: establishment of Gender Equality Institute, Implementation of Roadmap on G. Equality, 2007: year of equal opportunity for all) Wide range of products designed to serve the needs of policy- makers (e.g. stat. Annexes of policy report, structural indicators) and other professional users Emergence of new type of users after the adoption of free dissemination policy Eurostat strategy to be more balanced towards different user- groups more account of the needs of growing user groups (general public, non-professionals), while continuing to support the design and implementation of EU policies, particularly in the field of gender equality

Employment rates

Part-time employment

Gender pay gap in unadjusted form

At-risk of poverty rates

Educational attainment

Academic career

Healthy life years at birth

Average age of women at birth of first child