1. TASKS, METHODLOGY AND STRUCTURE FOR TRAINING IN GENDER STATISTICS ( Indian perspective) Dr. SWARAJ K. Nath Consultant-Statistics (Former DG, CSO, India)

2. LINKS GENDER ISSUES GENDER STATISTICS GENDER POLICY & ADVOCACY

3. PARTNERS GENDER STATISTICIANS GENDER SPECIALISTS GENDER ECONOMISTS

4. BUILDING BLOCKS Beijing PFA and FOLLOW UP Bhutan Forward Moving Strategy CEDAW and CEDAW indicators NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION SAARC SOCIAL INDICATORS INDICATORS FOR SDI GENDER DATABASE NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM

5. HOW TO GO ABOUT Paradigm to Tasks Methodology Structure

6. PARADIGM MINDSET-MENTAL REPRESENTATION THE WAY WE SEE THE WORLD

7. PARADIGM SHIFT “a change from an inadequate way of seeing the world to one that is more complete & useful” FIRST TASK To make them understood about breaking of old patterns of seeing & looking at a breakthrough

8. TASKS Expansibility through conceptualizing paradigm shift Understanding various gender promotion activities- physical / Legal / Policy changes Identify tangible and intangible problem- areas Conceptualisation of Gender statistics How to produce reliable Gender Statistics What is Gender-sensitive presentation How to make Gender-sensitive analysis

9. METHODOLOGY (DON’T GO BY CONVENTIONAL APPROACH) –Class room lecture with SLP lessons – Alternatives to Class room lectures – Go by the stories of “Grand ma” – Evidence based examples of social problems arising due to non-engendering of surveys – Examples on misuse of Survey Statistics ( Per capita consumption of female headed household is higher ? Female WPR is higher in rural sector )

10. STRUCTURE  Related to the Tasks already stated  Related to Target audience Basic structure may include: Concept of gender and sex. Status of women in the society in terms of gender equity Paradigm and paradigm shifts and issues on mainstreaming gender

11. STRUCTURE- CONTD. Beijing Platform of Actions, Legal and constitutional safeguards against women Discussions on monitised economy and production boundary of SNA without any concern of Gender; Role of Time Use Survey for measuring gender responsive data. CEDAW recommendations and country status in terms of availability of data Engendering Statistics and Statistical surveys. Measuring indicators on Gender issues

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