Transcript Gender Statistics in Armenia National Statistical Service Republic of Armenia Prepared by Gagik Gevorgyan, Member on State Council of Statistics, Astghik Gyulbenkyan, Main Specialist, Households.

Gender Statistics in Armenia
National Statistical Service
Republic of Armenia
Prepared by
Gagik Gevorgyan, Member on State Council of Statistics,
Astghik Gyulbenkyan, Main Specialist, Households Survey
Division, NSS RA
The Role of NSS in Gender
Statistics
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Gender Issues: great importance in the country.
 This
means: need for gender statistics.
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Collecting, summarizing and processing of the
information related to the gender.
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Publication of the booklet on national language.
Legislation
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“Program provisions improvement of the women
situation in the RA” in 1998
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“National Action Plan on Improvement of
Women’s Status in the RA and Enhancement of
their Role in the Society 2004-2010” in 2004
Publications
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Women and Men in Armenia, 1999
Family and children in Armenia, 2000
Women and Men in Armenia, 2003
Women and Men in Armenia, 2004
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Women and Men in Armenia, 2005
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Users of publication
Government
 International organizations
 NGOs
 Individuals
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Collaboration
With ministries in order to improve the
administrative records (one of the main
data sources).
 With international organizations:
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SIDA-Statistic Sweden,
 UNDP (technical and financial support)
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Dissemination
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Booklet
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Internet – www.armstat.am,
www.undp.am
Lack of Gender Statistics in
Armenia
Agriculture
 Business and Entrepreneurship
 Informal Employment
 Latent Crime
 Illegal Migration
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Tasks to Improve Gender Statistics
Produced in Armenia
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Deepening of desegregation of available data by
their content
Broadening of desegregation of available data
by regions
Developing of administrative data sources and
improving of methodology and tools, aimed to
reduce respondent’s burden
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