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UNSD-SPC-ADB-UN Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics and Human Rights Reporting 4 – 8 August 2014, Nadi, Fiji SPC and Gender Statistics Linda Petersen Human Development Programme [email protected] Content • What has been done so far • Where we are now • Where we are heading Background & Rationale • Review outcomes … Beijing Platform for Action, the Regional Platform for Action, Pacific Plan, Leaders Gender Equality Declaration, SIDS, Post-2015. • Initiatives … Statistical Indicators for Human Rights Reporting (RRRT); support to countries for gender mainstreaming; gender responsive policies and programmes based on statistics. • SPC using statistics for evidence based policy, e.g. culture • Integration ... NSOs and NWMs work closely together on with an agreed programme. • TYPSS , NSDS’s , Forum Compact … country and region issues and responses. What has been done so far • 2006 SPC began more focused stakeholder engagement on gender statistics • 2007, 2013 HOPS endorsed gender statistics framework • Beijing +15 review: institutions for gender mainstreaming lack capacity • HDP led gender statistics collection and analysis in Vanuatu, Cook Is, Marshall Is, Fiji Is (UN-ESCAP) • Providing some training and capacity building to the Solomon Islands Where we are now • Making the link between gender stocktakes, moving on to gender mainstreaming and gender equality policy • Focus on strengthening institutions to enable them to implement policies for gender equality across government (planning, statistics, education, health) at the country level • RPPA review and Beijing +20 - better statistics and reporting on progress Where we are heading • Country level gender statistics from NSOs, planning offices, NWMs and other agencies • Providing assistance to countries committed to regular and timely gender statistics and associated reporting • This workshop will inform the TA, training, mentoring, and institutional mechanisms to be developed and rolled out by SPC • Regional Gender Atlas 2016 … every two years with ‘briefs’ for specific issues (e.g. FEMM) GOVT MDG Regionalism PLGED CEDAW ICPD