1. 2 nd UNECE EGM ON MEASURING VAW GENEVA, 18-19 NOV. 2010 Neda Jafar Statistics Division UN ESCWA

2.  Workshop  Agenda  Training techniques  Improved generic module  Region specific dimensions  Outcomes  Budget and Work Plan

3. UN HOUSE, ESCWA Beirut, 3-7 May 2010 ESCWA, Centre for Women and the Statistics Division 14 participants from Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, and Bangladesh, + ECE Photo by Henriette Jansen

4.  Day 1  Day 2  Day 3  Day 4  Day 5  gender & violence sensitization  module and its application  ethical and safety measures  planning of field test  Adaptation for Arab countries.

5. A variety of training techniques were used:  Group work  Brain storming  Energizers  Games  Presentations  Role play  DV survival own story  Multi-media Photos by Henriette Jansen

6.  Noted beginning time and end of interview.  Clearer indication of numbering the subsections  Ensured consistency of questions by removing the ‘Don’t know’ columns from some questions  Changed some wordings ex “thinking of your partner” in the introduction was not found necessary in the Arabic version  Corrected some wording such as more than 2 previous partners’ was corrected to ‘more than 1 previous partner  Added questions for the interviewer upon completion of interview section (if other people were present during interview) and impression of truthfulness of answers by respondent).  Added new instructions such as ‘DO NOT READ OUT THE LIST’. (no capital letters in the Arab questionnaire to differentiate text)

7.  countries agreed to consider married women of 15 years and older to be eligible for such questions on partner violence  non-partner section included other possible perpetrators of violence, such as fiancés and/or boyfriends, particularly for countries planned to administer partner violence questions only to married women  Selection of women per hh needed to include all women aged 15+ regardless of their marital status.

8.  Incorporated questions on economic violence in the regional module.  Verified the Arabic translation and fine-tuned, questionnaire  formulated a region-specific Arab version of the module in order to measure all indicators.

9.  Improved generic questionnaire  Development of 2 adapted questionnaires  Translation & adaptation  Training resources for trainers  Practical recommendations & guidelines  Recommitment of NSOs to implement surveys  3 rd parties interest + additional country

10.  Develop plan for regional comparative study  Take lead on regional guidelines and regional adaptation of materials to collect and analyze VAW indicators  Provide capacity building activities on compilation and analysis of VAW indicators  Organize a regional EGM on VAW indicators  Regional report  Provide a link between NSO and the policy and programme makers.

11. Photo by Henriette Jansen

12.  ESCWA Virtual Library  Compilation of VAW surveys in Arab countries  Glossary of Gender Terms  VAW database added to Arab GenInfo 2011  Cooperation with UNFPA at the regional level

13.  VAW Session In IAEG & Experts on GS in Arab countries  EGM – zero draft on regional guidelines on VAW survey and testing results  STATISTICAL REPORT

14. End