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1 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division UNECE and gender statistics Angela Me UNECE Statistical Division

2 Slide 2 Conference of European Statisticians Provides a framework for UNECE work on Gender Statistics Functions of the CES in ECE work on Gender Statistics Approves new work Monitors progress through annual updates Ensures work plan is carried out Maintains relevance of work

3 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3 Areas in which we work  Data dissemination and collection  Process to change data collection and dissemination in National Statistical Systems  Gender and minorities

4 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 Priority Gender Areas (ECE-UNDP Assessment)  Violence against women/Domestic violence  Segregation in the labour market Pay Gap Informal employment Vertical/Horizontal segregation  Reconciliation of family and work and unpaid work  Participation in decision making  Entrepreneurship  Gender attitudes  Poverty  Gender and minorities

5 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 Priority Gender Statistics Areas  Measurement (VAW)  Lack of regular data sources  Gender not properly considered in existing data collection and dissemination  Underutilization of existing data  Institutional issues in engendering national statistical systems

6 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6 Prevalence of Sexual assault-sexual violence in women

7 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 Location and Seniority of GSFP ECE/UNDP Assessment 2003 LocationLevel of seniority AzerbaijanSoc&Dem Deputy Dir. KazakhstanSoc%Dem Head of Dept. KyrgyzstanSocial Vice-Dir. Division TajikistanSocial First deputy Dir. TurkmenistanSoc&Pop Head Dept. UzbekistanSocial Deputy Dir. Russian Fed.Labour Deputy Dir.

8 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8 GSFP Interacting with other Departments ECE/UNDP Assessment 2003 YesPartlyNoNo unit Economic St. 5101 Agriculture St. 4110 Soc&Dem St. 7000 Methodology Unit 4110 Dissemination Unit 6100

9 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9 Main conclusions Need to train subject matter statisticians Development of tools to gender-sensitize statisticians Gender statistics is to make better statistics

10 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 10 UNECE Activities  Methodological work Manual of how to gender sensitize national statistical offices (in collaboration with the WBI and other international organizations) Framework of indicators on gender statistics  Technical cooperation Development of training tools - Regional and national Workshops on gender statistics (in collaboration with the WBI)

11 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 11 Structure of work  Gender Focal Point Network  Regional Work Session every 2 years Meeting place for Gender FPs, users, and key international organizations active in the region (e.g., WBI, UNDAW, UNDP, FAO, UNFPA, UNIFEM, EU, OECD, ILO, WHO)

12 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 12 Structure of work…  Steering Group on Gender Statistics  3 Task Forces TF on Gender Sensitization Training for Statisticians TF on Violence Against Women TF on UNECE Gender Statistics Database

13 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 13 Domains:  Population  Families and households  Work and the economy  Education  Public life and decision making  Health  Crime and justice The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

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18 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 18 The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

19 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 19 The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database Retrieval statistics : language profile

20 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 20 Content and structure  The Gender Statistics Website presents a set of material relevant for better understanding gender issues and statistics engendering. The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website

21 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 21 Recent innovation and ongoing work  New section on Time Use Surveys (TUS): various documentation  New section on Violence Against Women: documentation, questionnaires, and data  Translation into Russian  Update of national gender publications The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website

22 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 22 Challenges  Making it happen How to make encourage Statistical Offices to change their methodologies to incorporate gender into the foundation of their statistics How to engage managers of Statistical Offices in understanding why gender needs to be integrated in their work  Violence Against Women Development and maintenance of collaborative efforts from different constituencies and expertise

23 UNECE Statistical Division Slide 23 Challenges…  Use of data from the Database and marketing of the Database How to better disseminate the data and encourage usage by Statistical offices and other users


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