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Gender statistics in the ESS Issues and challenges. Michel GLAUDE Director “Social statistics and Information Society” EUROSTAT. The Political Framework. A more than 10 years old concern The “dual approach”
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Gender statistics in the ESS Issues and challenges Michel GLAUDE Director “Social statistics and Information Society” EUROSTAT Global Forum on Gender Statistics
The Political Framework • A more than 10 years old concern • The “dual approach” - Gender mainstreaming - Specific measures • Many structures for monitoring • European Institute for Gender Equality • Resources : PROGRESS 2007-2013 • The 2006-2010 Roadmap Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Road map for equality between women and men 2006-2010 Objectives and Keys actions concerning: • Equal economic independence for women and men • Reconciliation of private and professional life • Equal representation in decision making • Eradication of all forms of gender based violence • Elimination of gender stereotypes • Promotion of gender equality in external and development policies Improving governance for gender equality Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Indicators for monitoring progress A long list of indicators associated to each policy area… • …making the best use of Eurostat main data collections: - Labour Force Survey for employment, unemployment, working conditions and segregation on the labour market - EU-SILC for Poverty and child care - Structure of Earnings Survey for Gender Pay Gap - Demographic statistics for Healthy Life Years - UOE data base for educational attainment - Time Use Survey for share of domestic work… • And specific data bases for Women participation in decision making and in Science and technology Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Future Challenges (1) • Extend data collection on gender statistics for: - ICT usage - reconciliation between Work and Family life (2010 LFS ad-hoc module) - Health (EHIS in 2008) - Education and Life Long Learning (AES around 2006) - Crime (development of a victimisation Survey) • Improve Quality and Comparability - along the lines of the European Statistics Code of Practice - specifically for the Gender Pay Gap Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Future Challenges (2) • Develop a more flexible approach to better respond to Community needs: The EHS project witch give the possibility of more “ad-hoc modules”. • Enhance the dissemination of gender statistics (user friendly Websites and attractive publications) • Deepen the analysis of the underlying factors by: - more econometric studies (for example: adjusted GPG) - more attitudinal and behavioural questions (fertility, labour supply, reconciliation…) - disseminating anonymised microdata bases to researchers Global Forum on Gender Statistics