Transcript Gender Statistics Programme at the United Nations Keiko Osaki-Tomita, Ph.D. Chief Demographic and Social Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division Egypt National Seminar on Census Data.

Gender Statistics Programme
at the United Nations
Keiko Osaki-Tomita, Ph.D.
Chief
Demographic and Social Statistics Branch
United Nations Statistics Division
Egypt National Seminar on Census Data Analysis, Cairo,17-19 May 2010
Gender Issues and Statistics
 What are gender issues?
Gender issues generally refer to concerns by society
about specific differences in the lives or wellbeing of
women and men.
 Why are gender statistics important?
The statistics are vital for understanding many aspects
of wellbeing and wellbeing and progress. Gender
statistics provide separate data for women and men
across many dimensions of life, revealing differences
and relationships between them.
Historical development of gender perspectives
Early years….
1946 Establishment of the Commission on the Status of Women
1967 Adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
1975 International Women’s Year World Conference
1976 Launching of the UN Decades for Women (1976-1986)
1979 Adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women
1985 World Conference to Review the UN Decade for Women,
Nairobi, Kenya
Historical development of gender perspectives
Recent years….
1994 International Conference on Population and
Development, Cairo, Egypt
1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
- Adoption of the Platform of Action
2000 Millennium Summit
- Adoption of the UN Millennium Declaration, from
which 8 goals were developed
2010 High-level Plenary Meeting (2010 Millennium Summit)
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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MDGs are the most broadly supported development goals the world has
ever agreed upon. They have 8 time-bound goals;
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Target: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary
education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015
3.1 Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education
3.2 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
3.3 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal
Goal
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8:
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development
UNSD’s Work on Gender Statistics
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Methodological work
Compilation and dissemination of statistics
Technical cooperation and capacity building
Promotion of synergies among existing
initiatives
Methodological Work (1)
 Review concepts and
methods used in the
collection of official statistics
 Identify ways of integrating a
gender perspective in data
collection, presentation and
dissemination
 Produce relevant manuals
and technical reports
Methodological WorK (2)
 Development of methods on
particular gender issues of
concern
 Statistics on time use
 Indicators on violence against
women, led by Friend of the
Chair of the UN Statistics
Commission (Mexico)
Compilation and Dissemination of Gender Statistics (1)
 Make gender statistics and
indicators readily available
and accessible to users.
 On-line resources: Statistics
and Indicators on Women
and Men
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demogr
aphic/products/indwm
 GenderInfo 2007
Compilation and Dissemination of Gender Statistics (2)
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“The World’s Women”
A flagship publication to
analyze the situation of
women and men, and to
assess the progress made
in the production of gender
statistics.
Published every 5 years,
since 1990.
The 5th issue, The 2010
World’s Women: Trends and
Statistics, is forthcoming.
Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building
 Offers a variety of technical assistance in
gender statistics to national statistical
offices, regional programmes and UN
agencies.
 Training workshops at national, regional
and interregional levels
 Direct technical assistance to countries
Promotion of Synergies among Existing
Initiatives
 Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender
Statistics (IAEG-GS)
To take stock, review progress, challenges and emerging
needs, and propose actions to advance gender
statistics.
 Global Forum on Gender Statistics
 Rome, Italy in 2007
 Accra, Ghana in 2009
 Manila, the Philippines in October 2010
Concluding remarks
Thank you !