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UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics

Initiating a Bottom-up Dialogue on Gender Statistics. UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics Usage of Statistical Data for Gender Analysis at National and International Levels. Denis Drechsler Economist OECD Development Centre. Geneva, Switzerland. 8 October, 2008. 1.

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UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics

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  1. Initiating a Bottom-up Dialogue on Gender Statistics UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics Usage of Statistical Data for Gender Analysis at National and International Levels Denis Drechsler Economist OECD Development Centre Geneva, Switzerland 8 October, 2008

  2. 1 Raising awareness on gender equality 3 4 Wikigender Conclusions Initiating a Bottom-up Dialogue on Gender Statistics 2 The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base 2 Title of Conference

  3. Initiating a Bottom-up Dialogue on Gender Statistics Raising Awareness on Gender Equality • Research, studies, and reports… • …to inform key actors and opinion-makers… • …and allow mutual learning and peer pressure • Power of statistics and indicators • Importance of a bottom-up dialogue 3

  4. The OECD Data Base on Gender GID-DB The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base …and its innovation: Data on Social Institutions 4

  5. 12 Innovative New Variables Social Institutions Family Code Physical Integrity Civil Liberties Ownership Rights • Early marriage • Polygamy • Parental authority • Inheritance • Female genital mutilation • Violence against women • Missing women • Freedom ofmovement • Freedom of dress • Access to land • Access to credit • Access toproperty 5

  6. SocialInstitutions How do Social Institutions Fit in? Health and Wellbeing EducationalAttainment Political Empowerment Economic Participation 6

  7. High discrimination in social institutions Elevated discrimination in social institutions Low discrimination in social institutions Country not included Gender Inequality in Social Institutions 7

  8. Social Institutions and Women’s Empowerment 8

  9. Wikigender (a) • A community tool to promote gender equality • Resource to find information on statistics, country reports and actors in the area of gender equality • Open to inputs from external users: discuss and comment; post and draft 9

  10. Wikigender (b) • Combining a bottom-up with a top-down approach • 3-tiers: (i) unregistered users can read, (ii) registered users can edit and (iii) partners can protect content • Quality control: The Development Centre ensures quality of information with “Official Source” label • Community: Wikigender is open for external partners to manage and maintain the site 10

  11. Broad Coverage of Countries 11

  12. Detailed Country Notes… 12

  13. …with additional insights 13

  14. …and discussion 14

  15. Conclusions • Informed policy making requires high-quality statistics • Traditional providers of data (e.g. national statistical offices) are often insufficient sources • Timeliness, Scope, Quality • New actors need to be involved in data collection and dissemination • Bottom-up approach promises better information and more civic engagement for needed reforms 15

  16. Initiating a Bottom-up Dialogue on Gender Statistics For more information: www.oecd.org/dev/genderwww.wikigender.org denis.drechsler@oecd.org Geneva, Switzerland 8 October, 2008

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