1. African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa African Experiences on Capacity Building for the Production and Use of Gender Statistics Global Forum on Gender Statistics 26-28 January 2009 Accra, Ghana Dimitri Sanga, Ph.D. Senior Statistician

2. Content l The Need for Gender Statistics l Selected individual Organizations Efforts l Coordinated Efforts at the Regional Level l Recommendations at the Regional Level l Where are We? l What Remains to be Done? l The Way Forward l Conclusions 2

3. The Need for Gender Statistics l Increasing recognition that : better statistics are important for evidence-based policy formulation and decision-making Women, men face different socioeconomic realities l Partially reflected in development frameworks and initiatives: MDGs, PRSPs, NEPAD... l But....declarations, commitments: Beijing Platform of Action, CEDAW, Gender component of NEPAD, AU Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality etc. l Need to provide users with relevant statistics to address gender issues 3

4. Individual Organizations Efforts l Engendering Population and Housing Censuses l Gender Statistics Network l Time Use Surveys l Civil and Vital Registration Systems l The African Gender and Development Index l Engendering the MDGs l African Womens Rights Observatory 4

5. Coordinated Efforts at the Regional Level l Building on the momentum offered by: Global Forum and IAEG on gender statistics l Creation of the StatCom-Africa WG on gender statistics l High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) on Gender Statistics for Socio-economic Development Development (Kampala, June 2008): ECA, AfDB, InWent, UBOS l Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics (Addis Ababa, December 2008): ECA, AfDB, InWent, UBOS, PARIS21 5

6. Recommendations at the Regional Level l Setting up a StatCom-Africa WG on gender statistics l Setting up a GESNET l Setting up a City Group on gender statistics l Develop and implement an African Gender Statistics Programme (AGSPRO) Training Awareness creation Networking: GESNET Engendering statistics in NSOs Engendering censuses, surveys and administrative record system Research 6

7. Recommendations at the Regional Level (Contd) l Development of country gender statistics strategies drawn from the AGSPRO l Develop and implement an African Gender Statistics System (AGSYS) Conceptual framework Methodological framework Reference gender classifications Gender indicators Gender units in NSOs l Develop an African Gender Handbook for Censuses and Surveys: expanding the work on the P&R on PHC 7

8. Where are We? l StatCom-Africa WG set up l GESNET set up l African Gender Handbook for Censuses and Surveys: ongoing l Kampala Group: set up 8

9. What Remains to be Done? l Develop and implement the AGSPRO l Develop the AGSYS l Operationalize the Kampala Group l Operationalize the GESNET l Finalize the African Gender Handbook for Censuses and Surveys 9

10. The Way Forward l Operationalize the GESNET: January 2009 Discussion to feed the preparations of the AGSYS, the AGSPRO, and the national strategies l Operationalize the Kampala Group: June 2009 l African Gender Handbook for Censuses and Surveys: Ongoing work Expert group meeting: third quarter 2009 l Develop the AGSYS: December 2009 l Develop and implement the AGSPRO: 2010 StatCom-Africa 10

11. Conclusions l Gender: not only a moral issue but also a development one l Ongoing efforts to support African NSSs build their capacity in gender statistics: Momentum at the global level Commitments, conventions by countries 3rd ASSD, first StatCom-Africa HLPD on gender statistics Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics l Concerted efforts: AfDB, ECA, InWent, PARIS21, Countries l ACS to recruit a gender statistics specialist l Join ongoing fora to move the agenda forward 11

12. 12 Thank you! African Centre for Statistics Visit us at http://www.uneca.org/statistics/ http://www.uneca.org/statistics/