UNECE, MDG-Monitoring and Gender

1. UNECE UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics Geneva, 12-14 March 2012 UNECE, MDG-Monitoring and Gender

2. UN Millennium Declaration : Development and Poverty eradication • Adopted Unanimously by 152 heads of states present at the General Assembly in September 2000 at the Millennium Summit • Largest international effort to reduce poverty • Main output: Initiation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty

3. Eight Millennium Development Goals: • Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty • Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education • Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women • Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality • Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health • Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases • Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability • Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

4. Millennium Development Goals Targets  Indicators • For each Goal, Targets are set and Indicators to measure: • Targets (21): Quantification of the goal • Indicators (60 ‘official’): measurement of progress towards Targets • Disaggregation/subcategories (e.g. urban/rural, male/female) • Base year: situation in 1990, Deadline 2015 • MDGs are interrelated and gender component important in nearly all Goals

5. UNECE Regional MDG-database • Due to differences in definitions, methods, primary data sources etc., multiple estimates exist for most indicators • UNECE MDG-database: Official National estimates and official international estimates • Sources: official national MDG-reports and official UN monitoring framework • Additional regional indicators agreed upon by expert representatives from member states • If disaggregated data available (>4 countries), e.g. by sex, rural/urban, age groups

6. UNECE Regional MDG-database: Gender indicators • Focus Goal 3 on Gender, indicators: • 3.1c Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment • 3.1b Gender Parity Index in secondary level enrolment • 3.1c Gender Parity Index in tertiary level enrolment • 3.2 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector • 3.3 Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage • Other MDGs with Gender component or focus on women: • 2.3b Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old • Goal 5: Improve maternal health (12 indicators)

7. UNECE Regional MDG-database: coverage indicators MDG Goal 3 (Countries)

8. UNECE Regional MDG-database: coverage indicators MDG Goal 3 (datapoints)

9. UNECE Regional MDG-database: indicators by sex • If 4 countries or more report an MDG indicator (incl. additional/regional indicators) by sex, it will be included in the UNECE Regional MDG-database • Indicators currently available by sex : • 1.5 Employment-to-population ratio • 1.7 Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment • Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24 • Ratio of youth unemployment rate to adult unemployment rate • Share of youth unemployed in total unemployed • Share of youth unemployed in youth population • 2.1 Total net enrolment ratio in primary education • 2.2a Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary • 2.2b Primary completion rate • 2.3a Literacy rates of 15-24 years old • 6.1 HIV prevalence rate • 6.2 Condom use at last high-risk sex, 15-24 years old • 6.3 Men and Women 15-24 years old with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS

10. UNECE Regional MDG-database: % of countries reporting on Gender related MDGs

11. UNECE regional MDG database: Data coverage • 129 Indicators of which: • 39 by sex (13 total, 13 male, and 13 female) • 6 male/female ratios • 12 female population • 16 other potential indicators to disaggregate

12. Share of countries reporting on official MDGs

13. Several other Gender related indicators used in National MDG monitoring: -Proportion of women community heads,% -Ratio of unemployment rate of women to the unemployment rate of men -Share of male and female school leavers entering first year of university -Share of women holding managerial positions in economic and social life -Ratio of literate women to men, 15–24 years old -Proportion of females holding the post of minister and deputy minister -Proportion of females in local elected government bodies -Proportion of females employed in the civil service, at four highest levels of office -Proportion of females at decision making positions in judicial system -Percentage of budget allocated to gender equality -Percentage of budget allocated to prevent gender based violence -Number of registered gender based violence cases -Women to men wage gap -Gender ratio among the higher-level civil servants (1–2 categories), number of women/number of men -Ratio of average wages between women and men; Introduction of gender sensitive education into curricula and programmes -Strengthening women economically; Harmonisation of private and professional life -Target: Reduce gender disparities in life expectancy and approximate life expectancy levels to the European average -Average pre-tax salary in lats (men/women) -Poverty risk index (men/women) -Persons elected to municipal councils (%) (men/women) -Proportion of women at the head of companies or agencies -Employment rate for women/Unemployment rate for women -Share of women in ministerial positions in the Government -Share of women in the position of president of municipalities -Share of women in the position of councillor in local parliaments -Registered women's unemployment -Women's unemployment in % -Share of women in the employed population -Women't participation in the executive branch of government -Ratio of literate women to men, 15–24 years old -Target: Eliminate the disproportion between the incomes of men and women -Share of seats in local councils held by women -Share of seats in district councils held by women -Share of mayoral seats held by women -Share of female employees by type of economic activity -Share of women's average salary compared to men's average salary -Disparity in income -Comparison of non-commercial activities sectors employing women and men -Proportion of women in Government -Proportion of women in government at local level -Average wages by gender in selected sectors of the economy

14. UNECE Regional MDG Database, Main Page: w3.unece.org/pxweb/

15. UNECE MDG Database of official estimates: Goal 3, Target 3.A

16. Thank you Further Info MDGs: http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/ Taeke.gjaltema@unece.org

17. Gender MDGs, progress & achievements in Caucasus and Central Asia: • Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women • Target: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 • 3.1 Gender Parity Index (Target: 97-103) • primary level enrolment: met (98), but currently lower than in 1990 • secondary level enrolment: met (98) , but currently lower than in 1990 • tertiary level enrolment: over shoot (107) • 3.2 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector: • Slight increase from 44 in 1990 to 45 in 2009 but not far from parity • 3.3 Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage: • Increased from 7% in 1990 to 16% in 2009 but still far short of parity

18. Resolution 55/2 - United Nations Millennium Declaration: MDGs and Gender • ‘11. We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected. We are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want’ • ’20. To promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to combat poverty, hunger and disease and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable’