1. Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Gender Equality Stockholm, Sweden 20 November, 2008 From Numbers to Dialogue: The GID Database and Wikigender Denis Drechsler Economist OECD Development Centre

2. From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender From Numbers to Dialogue Title of Conference 1 Raising awareness on gender equality The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base 2 3 Wikigender 2 4 Conclusions

3. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Raising Awareness on Gender Equality Research, studies, and reports… …to inform key actors and opinion-makers… …and allow mutual learning and peer pressure Power of statistics and indicators Importance of a bottom-up dialogue Initiating a Bottom-up Dialogue on Gender Statistics 3

4. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender The OECD Data Base on Gender 4 Data on Social Institutions GID-DB The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base …and its innovation:

5. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender 12 Innovative New Variables Social Institutions Early marriage Polygamy Parental authority Inheritance Freedom of movement Freedom of dress Female genital mutilation Violence against women Missing women Access to land Access to credit Access to property Ownership RightsCivil LibertiesPhysical IntegrityFamily Code 5

6. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender How do Social Institutions Fit in? 6 Political Empowerment Educational Attainment Health and Wellbeing Social Institutions Economic Participation

7. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Gender Inequality in Social Institutions 7 Elevated discrimination in social institutions High discrimination in social institutions Low discrimination in social institutions Country not included

8. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Social Institutions and Women’s Empowerment 8

9. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender GID: Important for Donor and Partner Countries What do the indicators tell us? CountryOverall ScorePossible Focus Philippines0.0016 [1]-- El Salvador0.0017 [2]-- Paraguay0.0018 [3]-- Malaysia0.094 [47]Civil Liberties (0.5 [84]) Congo, DR0.190 [64]Ownership Rights (0.833 [94]) Sudan0.715 [98] Civil liberties (1 [98]), Ownership rights (1 [98]), Physical Integrity (0.825 [96]), Family Code (0.715 [91])

10. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender GID: Latest Developments Creation of country notes Update of indicators, including a time dimension New graphical features Design of a composite index In-depth country case studies

11. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Wikigender (a) A community tool to promote gender equality Resource to find information on statistics, country reports and actors in the area of gender equality Open to inputs from external users: discuss and comment; post and draft 11

12. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Wikigender (b) Combining a bottom-up with a top-down approach 3-tiers: (i) unregistered users can read, (ii) registered users can edit and (iii) partners can protect content Quality control: The Development Centre ensures quality of information with “Official Source” label Community: Wikigender is open for external partners to manage and maintain the site 12

13. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Broad Coverage of Countries 13

14. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Detailed Country Notes… 14

15. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender …with additional insights 15

16. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender …and discussion 16

17. OECD Development Centre From Numbers to Dialogue – The GID Database and Wikigender Conclusions Informed policy making requires high-quality statistics Traditional sources of data are often insufficient –Timeliness, Scope, Quality New actors need to be involved in data collection and dissemination Bottom-up approach promises better information and more civic engagement for needed reforms New Wikigender and improved GID Database 2009 17

18. For more information: Stockholm, Sweden 20 November, 2008 From Numbers to Dialogue: The GID Database and Wikigender www.oecd.org/dev/gender www.wikigender.org denis.drechsler@oecd.org