Knowledge Management of Gender Statistics in MDG- based Poverty Reduction Strategies IA and EGM on Gender and Statistics December 2006, New York The United Nations Development Fund for Women

What is knowledge management? Gender and MDG-based Poverty Reduction Strategies: 5 Pilot Projects Project Outcome Indicators on gender analysis and sex-disaggregated data In retrospect, what can we learn for the development of knowledge management strategies?

“ Knowledge management can be thought of as the deliberate design of processes, tools, structures, etc. with the intent to increase, renew, share, or improve the use of knowledge represented in any of the three elements [Structural, Human and Social] of intellectual capital.” --Seemann, et.al. (1999) as quoted by Haggie and Kingston (2003), J of Knowledge Management Knowledge Management

KM Strategy? Is there a knowledge management strategy that we can learn from the pilot projects on Gender and MDGs? We try to answer this in retrospect and from the armchair.

KM Strategy? Is there an ideal combination of the “cognitive approach” - knowledge that can be expressed and codified “community approach” - knowledge is socially constructed and is managed by encouraging the sharing of experiences and ideas ?

Gender and MDGs Project Link to policy through MDGs and PRS Institutional collaboration among UNDP, UNCT, national partners Advocacy processes and reporting and monitoring reflect gender equality dimensions

Gender and MDGs Project Outcome 2: Incorporate gender- responsive analysis and strategies in MDG reporting and monitoring Increased use of analysis of quantitative and qualitative data (indicator 7) Increased sex-disaggregated data and information on data gaps readily available in existing databases and websites (indicator 9)

Morocco: The indicators were used by the UN system, especially in the CCA/UNDAF ( ) and individual UN agencies use the national MDG report to assess the relevance of their country programme to gender equality. Kyrgyzstan: Gender Monitoring Mechanism with harmonized indicators with interest to use this for CEDAW and Beijing, and PRS reporting Results on Indicator 7

Cambodia: Included domestic violence as an indicator under MDG3; inclusion of social and legal protection of unemployed workers (MFA Phase-Out) in the NDSP Kenya: “A Fair Share for Women in Kenya” publication; some input into the Gender Needs Assessment and Costing exercises of the Millenium Project Peru: Training for groups of women to propose and use indicators; commissioned studies Results on Indicator 9

Morocco: Integrate 69 indicators and 27 targets into the UN's DEVINFO Morocco database Kyrgyzstan: Significant gaps remain in data for tracking progress but National Statistical Committee is committed to improve data by sex and it produced a publication on men and women in Kyrgyzstan; sector-specific booklets on gender dimensions of the MDGs working with gender focal points of relevant ministries Results on Data by Sex

Cambodia: Translation of briefing kit into Khmer to increase accessibility of data and statistics; UNDP and UNFPA to update Cambodia Gender Assessment Kenya: Produced data at the local level Peru: Dissemination of “Millenium Goals and Gender Equality: The Case of Peru” published by ECLAC Results on Data by Sex

Not so much “why gender” but “how is gender linked to...” sub-national datasets; local languages Materials are not only produced but the journalists also receive gender training Selling the idea content localisation Targeted media and trained media Lessons for KM Strategy

Making the data accessible – Also means avoiding jargon, i.e. Formulate using professional terms and ensuring that average user can understand and use them Combined with analysis and similar documents Depends on public access to internet e-knowledge Lessons for KM Strategy

National statistical offices with highest levels of administration with national women's machineries and gender focal points UN Country Teams and Gender Theme Groups; donors and funders Women's rights advocates; NGOs What are the institutional arrangements? Links to the decision makers Statistical systems exist in a specific development context.

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