United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division

Knowledge Management and Information Sharing:

The Structure of UNECE’s work on Gender Statistics

Victoria Velkoff, on behalf of UNECE Statistical Division

Conference of European Statisticians (CES)

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

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Areas in which we work

 Data dissemination and collection  Measurement of violence against women (VAW)  Process to change data collection and dissemination in National Statistical System  Emerging issues for UNECE • Gender and minorities

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UNECE Activities

 Methodological work • Manual of how to gender sensitize national statistical offices • Framework of indicators on gender statistics  Technical cooperation • Regional and national workshops on gender statistics – held twice a year

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Structure of work

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

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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

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Steering Group

• • Main objectives: Coordinate the work of the TFs Plan future UNECE meetings and workshops in the field of gender statistics

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Task Force on Gender sensitisation Training for Statisticians

Objectives:  Collect available training materials and make them available  Develop a training module for future use • UNECE’s Manual on Gender-sensitization Training for Statisticians

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Task Force on Gender sensitization Training for Statisticians…

 Participation • Country representatives from Serbia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and UNECE.

 Partners • World Bank Institute, FAO, UNDP, UNFPA

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Task Force on Violence Against Women

 Exchange and promote methods for specialized VAW surveys  Define common concepts, develop a core set of indicators and identify a minimum set of questions for a short module that can be incorporated into on going surveys

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Task Force on Violence Against Women…

 Participation • • Country representative from Serbia, Italy, Canada, HEUNI, OHCHR, UNDAW, WHO, UNIFEM and UNECE.

Academic institutions active in VAW research

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Task Force on UNECE Gender Statistics Database

• • • • Foster collaboration and discussion with National Statistical Offices and other international organizations working on similar databases Provide suggestions on new indicators or modifications to the UNECE database Develop a marketing strategy to reach out to users Coordinate/produce publications using data from the UNECE database on a regular basis, possibly in collaboration with national agencies and international organizations

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Task Force on UNECE Gender Statistics Database…

 Participation • Country representative from Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, OECD, and UNECE.

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How the TFs carry out their work

 Main means of communication  E-mail  Audioconferences  Occasional TF meetings with specific aims to further the work • E.g., TF Meetings on Gender Sensitization to produce the outline for the Manual

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Challenges

 Making it happen • • How to 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

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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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Thank you! UNECE Statistical Division Slide 17