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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
African Centre for
Statistics
African Experiences on Capacity
Building for the Production and
Use of Gender Statistics
Global Forum on Gender Statistics
26-28 January 2009
Accra, Ghana
Dimitri Sanga, Ph.D.
Senior Statistician
Content
 The
Need for Gender Statistics
 Selected individual Organizations’
Efforts
 Coordinated Efforts at the Regional
Level
 Recommendations at the Regional Level
 Where are We?
 What Remains to be Done?
 The Way Forward
 Conclusions
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The Need for Gender Statistics
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Increasing recognition that :
better statistics are important for evidence-based
policy formulation and decision-making
Women, men face different socioeconomic
realities
Partially reflected in development frameworks
and initiatives: MDGs, PRSPs, NEPAD...
 But....declarations, commitments: Beijing
Platform of Action, CEDAW, Gender
component of NEPAD, AU Solemn
Declaration on Gender Equality etc.
 Need to provide users with relevant statistics
to address gender issues
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Individual Organizations’
Efforts
Engendering Population and Housing
Censuses
 Gender Statistics Network
 Time Use Surveys
 Civil and Vital Registration Systems
 The African Gender and Development Index
 Engendering the MDGs
 African Women’s Rights Observatory
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Coordinated Efforts at the
Regional Level
Building on the momentum offered by: Global
Forum and IAEG on gender statistics
 Creation of the StatCom-Africa WG on gender
statistics
 High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) on
Gender Statistics for Socio-economic
Development Development (Kampala, June
2008): ECA, AfDB, InWent, UBOS
 Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics
(Addis Ababa, December 2008): ECA, AfDB,
InWent, UBOS, PARIS21
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Recommendations at the
Regional Level
Setting up a StatCom-Africa WG on gender
statistics
 Setting up a GESNET
 Setting up a City Group on gender statistics
 Develop and implement an African Gender
Statistics Programme (AGSPRO)
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Training
Awareness creation
Networking: GESNET
Engendering statistics in NSOs
Engendering censuses, surveys and
administrative record system
Research
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Recommendations at the
Regional Level (Cont’d)
Development of country gender statistics
strategies drawn from the AGSPRO
 Develop and implement an African Gender
Statistics System (AGSYS)
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Conceptual framework
 Methodological framework
 Reference gender classifications
 Gender indicators
 Gender units in NSOs
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Develop an African Gender Handbook for
Censuses and Surveys: expanding the work on
the P&R on PHC
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Where are We?
StatCom-Africa WG set up
 GESNET set up
 African Gender Handbook for Censuses and
Surveys: ongoing
 Kampala Group: set up
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What Remains to be Done?
Develop and implement the AGSPRO
 Develop the AGSYS
 Operationalize the Kampala Group
 Operationalize the GESNET
 Finalize the African Gender Handbook for
Censuses and Surveys
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The Way Forward
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Operationalize the GESNET:
January 2009
Discussion to feed the preparations of the AGSYS,
the AGSPRO, and the national strategies
Operationalize the Kampala Group: June 2009
 African Gender Handbook for Censuses and
Surveys:
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Ongoing work
Expert group meeting: third quarter 2009
Develop the AGSYS: December 2009
 Develop and implement the AGSPRO: 2010
StatCom-Africa
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Conclusions
Gender: not only a moral issue but also a
development one
 Ongoing efforts to support African NSSs build
their capacity in gender statistics:
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Momentum at the global level
Commitments, conventions by countries
3rd ASSD, first StatCom-Africa
HLPD on gender statistics
Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics
Concerted efforts: AfDB, ECA, InWent,
PARIS21, Countries
 ACS to recruit a gender statistics specialist
 Join ongoing fora to move the agenda forward
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Thank you!
African Centre for Statistics
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