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PROMOTING GENDER
STATISTICS
IN EVIDENCE-BASED
POLICYMAKING
2nd Global Forum on Gender Statistics, January 2009
Neda Jafar
Statistics Division
UN ESCWA
[email protected]
basics
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equal treatment of 50% basic human
right
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significant differences in roles and
responsibilities; inequality gap
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impact of policies are different on women
and men
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policies and programmes fail and cost
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a revival of gender statistics
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gauge the gap of inequality
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empower those who need it with evidence
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needed at the sub-national and national level
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contribute to creating equal access to
opportunities
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underline the importance of women and men
separately
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unmask the gender differences of a population
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LINKING WITH INTERNATIONAL
INSTRUMENTS
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develop an information-gathering
monitoring system
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keep up with the global commitments to
achieve gender equality and empowering
women- CEDAW, BPfA & MDG
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framework to provide both policy makers
and statisticians with a tool to measure
changes and monitor implementation
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GENDER-SENSITIVE POLICY
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Gender-neutral policies
Presumption of a homogeneous group of
people
Misjudge the different impact of the policies on
each group
Gap between policy and practice
Lack of sex-disaggregated data and gender
sensitive indicators
Inadequate analysis
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Gender statistics in policy cycle
Promoting GS in Policymaking
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Inter-agency collaboration on project:
“Toward more gender-responsive MDG monitoring and
reporting in the Arab region”
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Rationale : To forge a common understanding among
stakeholders in Arab countries on:
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Ways to engender quantitative and qualitative monitoring
and reporting on the MDGs
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Identification of priority regional gender issues
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Development of gender-sensitive measurements
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Objective
Beneficiaries
Partners
• Improved capacity of countries to undertake more
gender-responsive MDG monitoring and
reporting, particularly in the preparation and use
of gender-sensitive indicators and sexdisaggregated statistics
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Statisticians NSS
- NGOs
Media
- Policy makers
Universities & research centers
Private sector
• UN Agencies responsible for the production of
the related indicators in the MDG framework
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Process Towards More-Gender Responsive MDGRs
Comparable
& quality statistics
Methodology
Concepts
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Towards More-Gender Responsive MDG Monitoring
& Reporting in the Arab Region
Gender in the MDGs: Information
Guide for Arab MDG Reports
Framework: G Is In Framework
Arab Gender Issues & Indicators
Handbook
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Phase I : Information Guide
1. Gender and the development agenda
2. Current practices in engendering the monitoring and reporting
of millennium development goals
3. Gender in Arab millennium development goal reports
4. Data sources for compiling gender statistics
5. “G Is In” framework: proposed gender issues and gendersensitive indicators for Arab countries
6. Towards more gender-responsive monitoring and reporting
7. Concluding remarks
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http://www.escwa.un.org/divisions/scu/GenderMDG/index.asp
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Phase II : Framework
Goals, Issues & Indicators
“G IS IN”
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A three-dimensional framework for Arab countries, links:
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A common set of quantitative and qualitative indicators
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Goals in the Millennium Declaration
12 rePrioritized gender ISsues in the Arab region of the
Beijing Platform for Action
A minimum core set of gender-sensitive INdicators and sexdisaggregated data
Engendered MDG
MDG+ for Arab countries
Beijing Platform for Action strategic objective
A measurement tool to gauge progress achieved at the
national and regional level towards achieving
developmental goals
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Phase III : Handbook
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Forge a common methodological knowledge
among stakeholders to produce comparable and
quality statistics for evidence-based
policymaking and planning
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Provide guidance on the framework’s indicators:
- Definition
- Goal and target addressed and the quantifiable target for
each indicator
- Gender inequality issue addressed and policy link
- Method of computation
- Data source and collection
- Disaggregation issues
- Periodicity of measurement
- Additional indicators
- Data shortcomings
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Aligning with other regional initiatives
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Virtual library – repository of knowledge for
information sharing
Link to networks of gender statisticians
Database on gender statistics and DevInfo
Training manual and e-learning
Gender Statistical Literacy
Capacity building workshops/ technical services:
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mainstreaming gender in labor statistics, NSDS, etc
engendering population census
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Assessment of data availability and quality
Thank you…
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