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INTER-REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE PRODUCTION OF GENDER STATISTICS

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1 INTER-REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE PRODUCTION OF GENDER STATISTICS
NEW DELHI 6 – 10 AUGUST 2007 GLOBAL GENDER STATISTICS PROGRAMME UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION

2 WHY DO WE NEED A PROGRAMME?
Demand of more gender-sensitive statistics and indicators has continued to increase Recent efforts while wide ranging are fragmented and isolated with limited impact Need to create synergies among existing initiatives

3 WHY DO WE NEED A PROGRAMME? (Contd..)
Better management of accumulated wealth of information and experience Uneven and varied development among countries and regions

4 OBJECTIVES Effective use of networking
Building strong and supportive partnership Establishment of collaborative arrangements at the national level

5 THREE MAIN PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
Inter-agency and expert group to advance gender statistics at global level Web Portal as technical information resource and channel for networking Development of training courses for adoption and adaptation at all levels

6 INTER-AGENCY AND EXPERT GROUP
Comprising representatives of gender statistics programmes of international institutions To take stock, review progress challenges and emerging needs Proposing action plans at the above levels The IAEG-GS to be at the World Forum for gender statistics in Italy, December 2007

7 WEB PORTAL FOR GENDER STATISTICS
Portal to be established as a primary tool for knowledge management For sharing information, technical resources and data Platform for disseminating statistics and indicators on gender issues worldwide

8 DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING COURSE MATERIALS
To strengthen capacities of NSOs To produce gender-sensitive statistics To satisfy different stakeholders To be conducted in: Targeted workshops and seminars Short-term training programmes, stand alone or otherwise

9 TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS
Gender statistics and indicators Web portal on gender statistics Training curricula

10 EXECUTION The UNSD in collaboration with the World Bank and UNFPA (Steering Committee) Project Secretariat to work closely with experts from NSOs, Regional Commissions, UN funds and programmes through relevant technical groups

11 THANK YOU!!!!!


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