Transcript Lama MitwalliGender Statistics Division Department of

Workshop on the Development of Gender Indicators in the Arab Countries,
Turkey- Istanbul, 1-3 April, 2014
Data Gaps in Gender
Statistics
Lama Mitwalli
Gender Statistics Division
Department of Statistics
Jordan
Main Objectives of Gender Statistics
Monitoring & addressing data gaps on
gender
Creating & reporting on gender-sensitive
indicators
Developing and promoting gender
statistical standards
Reporting for international mandates e.g.
CEDAW
Is Gender mainstreamed
into production, analysis
and dissemination of data
generated in our National
Statistical offices
?
Gender Statistics Available at DOS
Law
Information
Technology
Higher
Education
Political
Household
Expenditure &
Income
Population
Economy
Health
Social
Education
Disaggregated by Sex
all indicators are
available to
provide a basis
for monitoring
gender issues on
the global,
regional and
national levels.
Indicators reflect
relevant BPA
strategic
objective & the
Millennium
Development
Goals
Gender Statistics Data Sources
Special Needs
Health Insurance
Job Creation
Information Technology
Agriculture
Poverty
Women in decision Position
Violence Against Women
Economic Empowerment
Economic Participation
Migration
Health
High Education
Education
Social
Households
Population
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
80
18
Surveys from
DOS
20
100
82
100
100
100
Administrative
records
Availability of Global Minimum set of
Indicators at DOS
100
90
40
80
70
60
64
74
80
100
50
40
60
30
20
10
36
26
20
0
Economic
Education
unavailiable
Health
Availiable
Public life
Human rights
of women
and girl
children
Identify the Data Gaps
Time spent on These indicators are needed to
the situation of women and
unpaid work understand
men in the non-remunerated housework
to provide the real situation of the
economic participation of women,
social security
Informal work
Gender Based
Violence
Is needed to give an insight about the
work conditions from a gender
perspective
Lack of systematic data collection on
GBV (quantitative and qualitative
indicators).
Availability of Data in light of Global
Minimum set of Indicators
Name of
source
Periodicity
of
availability
Labor force participation rates
for 15-24 and 15+, by sex
Employment
&Unemployment
survey
Yearly
Proportion of employed who are
own-account workers, by sex
Employment
&Unemployment
survey
Yearly
Indicator of Economic
structures, participation in
productive activities and access
to resources
Informal employment of workers
in the non-agricultural sector
Informal employment of workers
in the non-agricultural sector, by
family context
Availability
by sex
Informal Work
Gaps of Data in light of Global
Minimum set of Indicators
Indicator of Economic structures,
participation in productive activities
and access to resources
Average number of hours spent on
unpaid domestic work by sex
Average number of hours spent on paid
and unpaid domestic work
Employment rate of persons aged 25-49
with a child under age 3 living
in a household and with no children
living in the household, by sex
Proportion of children under age 3 in
formal care
Availability by
sex
Periodicity of
availability
?
Time use Survey
(Paid & Unpaid work)
Difficult to
collect
No reliable
administrative
records
Why we need Time-Use Survey
• Measurement and analyses of quality of life
or general well-being
• Measurement & valuation of unpaid work
(domestic & volunteer work) & development
of household production accounts
• Improving estimates of paid and unpaid
work
• It will be a good help for the social security
problems
• Analysis of policy implications of
development planning issues
GB-Violence
Availability
Indicator
Physical violence :Rate of women/men aged 15-49 years,
subjected to physical violence in the last 12 months
Psychological & economic violence : Rate of
women/men aged 15-49 years, raped in the last 12 months
Violence by the partnered :Rate of ever-partnered
Name of
source
Periodicity of
availability
unavailable by sex
Its only available for women
ever married aged15-49
years In DHS Survey
implemented every 5 years
women/men aged 15-49 years, subjected to sexual and/or
physical violence by current or former intimate partner in the
last 12 months
Staking :Rate of women/men aged 15-49 years,
who have
been stalked, by stalking behavior
Under reporting: Rate of women/men aged 15-49 years,
subjected to sexual and/or physical violence who did not
report the crime to the authorities/to the police
Violence in childhood :Rate of women/men subjected
to sexual violence in childhood(occurring before sixteen years
old)
Unavailable
Media
Some of Media Indicators are unavailable at
gender statistics databases
No available data from Administrative
records from the concerned authorities
Example: Share of women and men in technical managerial
positions at national newspapers and television channels, in
percentage.
Overall…
Very limited or no
progress indicated
through surveys
 Limited on
budgets
 Conduct
surveys/pilot
study on timeuse & Violence &
informal Sector
 Basic training
Building work
on gender
statistics
Considerable amount
of Improve quality of
data
 Present/analyses
gender relevant
statistics
 Strengthen userproducer
relationship
Have a more active
programmed on gender
statistics
 Methodological
improvements
 Expand and integrate
gender in wider data
collection system
 National programmed
adjusted/tailored to
address changing
needs/priorities