1. Minimum Set of Gender Indicators
Workshop on Gender Statistics and Human Rights Statistics
Nadi, Fiji
4-8 August 2014
Charlotte French, Statistician
Demographic and Social Statistics Branch - UNSD

2. Background
Internationally-agreed indicators to monitor gender equality and women’s empowerment
Gender indicators (52)
Gender indicators related to national norms (11)
Five domains
Economic structures, participation in productive activities and access to resources
Education
Health and related services
Human rights of women and the girl child
Public life and decision-making

3. Development of the Minimum Set of Gender Indicators Data Platform
Indicators approved by the UN Statistical Commission
1st IAEG-GS meeting: developing a common dissemination platform specifically geared to increase accessibility and promote the use of gender statistics and indicators at the global and national levels
2006
2012
2013
2014
Developing indicators through the Advisory Group on Global Gender Statistics and Indicators Database
Indicators agreed by the IAEG-GS
Online data platform available

4. Link from UNSD gender statistics website
Data platform online, take a look at

6. Organization of indicators in Tiers
Indicators conceptually clear, with an agreed international definition and regularly produced by countries
Tier I
 International data compilation
Indicators conceptually clear, with an agreed international definition, but not yet regularly produced by countries
Tier II
 Promoting capacity building activities
Go back to the definition of Tiers, aspirational, trying to address gender related issues that not currently covered in the MDGs. Negotiation between international agencies and NSOs on what are feasible and priorities for gender gap monitoring.
Tier-I: give some indicators
Tier-II: time-spent on caring, VaW
Tier-III: Through the EDGE project, measuring asset ownership/entrepreneurship from a gender perspective.
To Improve access to data and materials
The minimum set covers 5 domains: I. Economic structures and access to resources; II. Education ; III. Health and related services ; IV. Public life and decision-making ; V. Human rights of women and girl children as well as norms. Indicators are divided into three tiers:
Tier 1 indicators are indicators for which definitions are clear and the data are routinely collected (e.g. education)
Tier 2 indicators are indicators for which the definitions are clear but the data are not routinely collected (e.g. violence against women)
Tier 3 indicators are those for which the definitions are not clear and the data are not routinely collected.
In March 2012, the IAEG reviewed the list of indicators and agreed that: For Tier 1 indicators, a mechanism will be established for the international agencies to regularly provide data and metadata to UNSD. Efforts will be made to promote capacity-building activities to expand the data coverage of indicators in Tier 2. Small groups will be established to undertake methodological work on indicators in Tier 3 and emerging issues (including through EDGE).
Indicators for which international standards need still to be developed and not regularly produced by countries
Tier III
 Methodological developments – e.g., EDGE project

7. Gender Data Platform Improve access to data and methods
Contribution from 14 partner agencies
Data for all Tier I indicators (35)

8. Data availability Tier I indicators
Average number of countries with data, by area
Indicators, by number of data points,
Data available for
all Tier-I indicators (35)
1 Tier-II indicator
7 indicators on national norms
On average, there are 130 countries with data on the economic empowerment domain in Tier I
“there are 14 indicators for which countries have on average between 1 to 4 data points
144
Average # countries data are available for

9. Features of the Gender data platform
Country and indicator dashboard
Give you an idea on how the data platform looks (maybe we can try live…)
Basic analysis for users; expert can go into the country
Internationally-compiled data, by international agency to ensure data comparability; some are exactly country data, with footnotes
Cater to different types of users; easy exploration/download for researchers
CoD data: with WHO, see how gender difference can be illustrated
Why another platform?
Minimum set, very limited, mandated with support from international/national community (WB: as a second/third hand users…) to develop/maintain populating. WB is our partner

10. Features of the Gender data platform
Searching by country
By indicators in Tiers, allowing for future development
By indicators from partner agencies
Evidence and Data for Gender Equality
Looking for data for EDGE indicators?

11. Features of the Gender data platform
Downloadable data in accessible format
Accompanying metadata
Data availability report