Gender Statistics Programme at the United Nations Keiko Osaki-Tomita, Ph.D. Chief Demographic and Social Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division Egypt National Seminar on Census Data Analysis, Cairo,17-19 May 2010

Gender Issues and Statistics  What are gender issues? Gender issues generally refer to concerns by society about specific differences in the lives or wellbeing of women and men.  Why are gender statistics important? The statistics are vital for understanding many aspects of wellbeing and wellbeing and progress. Gender statistics provide separate data for women and men across many dimensions of life, revealing differences and relationships between them.

Historical development of gender perspectives Early years… Establishment of the Commission on the Status of Women 1967 Adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 1975 International Women’s Year World Conference 1976 Launching of the UN Decades for Women ( ) 1979 Adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1985 World Conference to Review the UN Decade for Women, Nairobi, Kenya

Historical development of gender perspectives Recent years… International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China - Adoption of the Platform of Action 2000 Millennium Summit - Adoption of the UN Millennium Declaration, from which 8 goals were developed 2010 High-level Plenary Meeting (2010 Millennium Summit)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)  MDGs are the most broadly supported development goals the world has ever agreed upon. They have 8 time-bound goals; Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Target: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education 3.2 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector 3.3 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

UNSD’s Work on Gender Statistics  Methodological work  Compilation and dissemination of statistics  Technical cooperation and capacity building  Promotion of synergies among existing initiatives

Methodological Work (1)  Review concepts and methods used in the collection of official statistics  Identify ways of integrating a gender perspective in data collection, presentation and dissemination  Produce relevant manuals and technical reports

Methodological WorK (2)  Development of methods on particular gender issues of concern Statistics on time use Indicators on violence against women, led by Friend of the Chair of the UN Statistics Commission (Mexico)

Compilation and Dissemination of Gender Statistics (1)  Make gender statistics and indicators readily available and accessible to users.  On-line resources: Statistics and Indicators on Women and Men aphic/products/indwm  GenderInfo 2007

Compilation and Dissemination of Gender Statistics (2)  “ The World ’ s Women ” A flagship publication to analyze the situation of women and men, and to assess the progress made in the production of gender statistics. Published every 5 years, since The 5 th issue, The 2010 World ’ s Women: Trends and Statistics, is forthcoming.

Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building  Offers a variety of technical assistance in gender statistics to national statistical offices, regional programmes and UN agencies. Training workshops at national, regional and interregional levels Direct technical assistance to countries

Promotion of Synergies among Existing Initiatives  Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) To take stock, review progress, challenges and emerging needs, and propose actions to advance gender statistics.  Global Forum on Gender Statistics Rome, Italy in 2007 Accra, Ghana in 2009 Manila, the Philippines in October 2010

Concluding remarks

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