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Measuring Gender Equality in the UNECE Region. Andres Vikat Workshop on Gender Statistics Dissemination and Training Chisinau, 3-4 November 2015. Multilateral agreements. United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979
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Measuring Gender Equality in the UNECE Region Andres Vikat Workshop on Gender Statistics Dissemination and Training Chisinau, 3-4 November 2015
Multilateral agreements • United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979 • Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 1994 • Beijing Platform for Action, 1995 • Millennium Declaration, 2000 • Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging, 2002 • Sustainable Development Goals, 2015 • Goal 5:Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Recent UNECE publications and materials • Manual “Developing gender statistics: a practical tool” (2010) in English, Russian and Chinese • Survey module on measuring violence against women (2011) • Guidelines for harmonizing time-use surveys (2013) • Indicators of gender equality (2014) • Using gender statistics: a toolkit for training data users (2015) in English, Russian, Romanian and Armenian
Gender Statistics Manual • What is gender statistics? • Why do we need it? • How to produce? • Improving the use • Making it happen • Available in English, Russian and Chinese
Training videos • Advocacy • Making it happen • Gender and population sub-groups • Reconciliation of family and work life • Gender pay gap • Disseminating and communicating gender statistics • Gender-based violence • Gender and decision-making • Measuring informal employment • Time-use surveys • Incorporating gender into labour statistics • Gender, entrepreneurship and access to finance • Gender and infrastructure
Indicators of gender equality • UNECE regional set based on the global minimum • Measure progress towards gender-related policy goals • 42 headline, 71 supporting indicators • Organized by the Beijing domains
For statistical organizations … • It is no longer enough just to collect and produce statistics. • To stay relevant and responsive, they need to • understand the needs of the diverse user community • improve dissemination • raise awareness of the value of statistics • actively encourage informed use of statistics
‘Making Data Meaningful’ Guides • Writing stories about numbers (2009) • Presenting statistics (2009) • Communicating with the media (2011) • Statistical literacy (2014)
Statistical literacy(not on gender statistics specifically) • What is statistical literacy? • Strategies for approaching different users • Training of users • Maintaining relationship with users • Improving dissemination
Using gender statistics:a toolkit for training data users • Aim: to increase the understanding and use of gender statistics • Components: • Short user-friendly descriptions of concepts with practical examples • PowerPoint presentations • Practical exercises for use in training sessions • Based on the UNECE indicators • Examples from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Database: unece.org/data • Many topics - information on the role of women and men in society, economy and family • Time series - monitoring of outcomes of policy changes • Support to statistical capacity-building and methodological work • Data by sex • In English and Russian • New entry page design • Android app Population and GenderCrime and violence Education Fertility, families and households Work-life balance Country Profiles Health and mortality Migration Population Public life and decision making Science and ICT Work and economy
Capacity-building • 2013-2016 project funded by the UN Development Account • Interregional cooperation to strengthen national capacities to measure progress in achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment • Workshops: • National, 2015 • Entrepreneurship: Armenia, Moldova • Training of users: Armenia, Moldova • Regional (EECCA): • March 2014, Geneva • 3-4 Nov 2015, Moldova • End May 2016, Lithuania
Objective of this workshop • Enhance capacity of national statistical offices to disseminate and communicate gender statistics • Enhance capacity of users to understand and use gender statistics • Promote producer-user interaction related to gender statistics and gender issues • Review draft toolkit for training data users • Discuss national application of the toolkit