1. United Nations
World Bank Institute
Sub-regional workshop on sharing of national experiences on the challenges and lessons learned in engendering the statistical systems
SUMMARY
Skopje, February 2010

2. Expectations Learn more about
gender statistics
international experience in data collection (time-use surveys, VAW)
Knowledge sharing and exchange of experience
Meet old friends and get to know new people
Build up the network of future collaboration
Improve publication of statistics, such as ‘men and women’
Learn how to use data to develop and monitor policies
Harmonisation of gender indicators and gender mainstreaming
How to make it happen

3. Summary of the day 1
Arguments for Gender Statistics:
To raise awareness and sensitize the public and policy makers
To develop and monitor policies
To provide the information on the situation of women and men
To improve other fields of statistics
To fulfill the international commitment
Slogan:
Women and men – are you equal? Look at statistics!
Time-use surveys:
PRO: To get data on contribution of women and men to economy
To advance gender equality
EU and other international requirements
CONTRA: Lack of technical and human resources, big burden to statistical office,
census a priority
HOW TO GET IT DONE?
Ask donors to fund, build alliances with NGOs and government, do a light version or on a smaller scale (e.g. in a specific region)

4. Summary of the day 2: VAW Sources of data on VAW:
Records from police, courts, hospitals, etc. => know what your data tell you!
Population based surveys
Ensure buy in of stake-holders, build partnerships
Survey design - defining the study population, timeframe, types of violence; Have the purpose in mind - to create awareness? Address specific issues (e.g. crime prevention, health)? From where is the demand coming?
Safety and ethics; special training and emotional support for interviewers
Do not reinvent the wheel! Get technical advice, tools, manuals, support from those who have the experience
Women are willing to share experiences with trained and empathetic interviewers
Core set of indicators to be approved in February 2011
Survey module prepared and to be tested in

5. Summary of the day 3
Lessons learned from workshops:
Identify national/regional needs
Capacity building crucial, training of trainers
Invite users, decision makers and media - make them your ally
If sex-disaggregated data are available, publish it!
Improve gender literacy! E.g. by educating public administration and school of statistics
Action plans:
Developing gender statistics in specific areas: VAW, GPG, time-use statisitcs, health, education, taxes, ownership of property, gender budgeting
Continue engendering all areas of statistics
Training of data providers
System/set of (priority) gender indicators

6. Time-use surveys
PRO :
No data on contribution of women and men to economy
No way to get these data otherwise
To combat gender stereotypes
Will give an impetus for advancing gender equality
Have to comply with EU and other int. requirements (ILO convention)
CONTRA:
Lack of technical and human resources
Big burden to statistical office, TUS not in annual statistical programme
Census a priority, postpone after population and agricultural census
There are other ways to collect the data
HOW TO GET IT DONE?
Ask donors to fund
Propose a joint project developed by NSO, NGOs and supported by Parliament
To do a pilot in a region to learn from experience
Add a module to another survey?

7. Slogans Women and men – are you equal? Look at statistics!
Gender statistics makes us all visible
Why are so many women decision makers?
Equal mainstreaming with gender statistics for your future!
This is a picture – is it nice?
Gender statistics – much more than numbers
Do you think you are equal? Measure, analyse, improve! Gender data – where we are
Increasing gender data = decreasing disparity
Together we make more
Equal world through gender statistics

8. Safety and ethics Professional introduction to explain the survey
Name of the survey
Privacy, one-to-one interaction
Anonymity & confidentiality
Right to refule answer
Female to female, male to male
Different samples for women and men
Offering support during the interview, info about support network
Careful selection of interviewers, emphatetic?
Double questionnaires/leaflets
Detailed scripted text in questionnaire