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Improving Our Gender Statistics

Explore the importance of gender statistics in advancing gender equality, women's rights, and evidence-based policies. Learn about gender-based disparities and the relevance of sex-disaggregated data. Discover the significance of monitoring and assessing data on women/girls and men/boys in various sectors such as reproductive health, informal employment, and unpaid work. Gain insights into improving measurements of women's work and addressing the challenges in identifying certain types of work, including informal employment.

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Improving Our Gender Statistics

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  1. Improving Our Gender Statistics

  2. What is Gender Statistics? 2 • Data, indicators, statistics ... • About women/girls and men/boys • Sex-disaggregated • About rights of women/girls • VAW • Reproductive health • Maternal mortality • Informal employment • Unpaid work • Reconciliation of family and work life • ...

  3. For what purpose? 3 • State of ... • Gender equality • Women’s empowerment • Women’s rights • How’s and why’s of gender-based disparities • Evidence-based policies towards ... • Gender mainstreaming • Gender equality • Gender justice • Women’s liberation

  4. From purpose to statistics Evidence-based policies towards ... Gender mainstreaming Gender equality Gender justice Women’s liberation Monitoring Assessing 4

  5. From purpose to statistics Evidence-based policies towards ... Gender mainstreaming Gender equality Gender justice Women’s liberation Monitoring Assessing Data, indicators, statistics ... About women/girls and men/boys Sex-disaggregated About rights of women/girls VAW Reproductive health Maternal mortality Informal employment Unpaid work Reconciliation of family life and work ... 5 5

  6. Total Work

  7. SNA Work 01- Work in the “formal sector” Work in household unincorporated enterprises 02- Primary production activities 03- Non-primary production activities 04- Construction activities 05- Providing services for income

  8. Non-SNA Work 06- Providing unpaid domestic services for own final use 07- Providing unpaid care-giving services to household members 08- Providing community services and help to other households

  9. Design of Time Use Surveys: Basic Components

  10. UN Time-Use Classification (ICATUS) Improve measurement of SNA work Household production of goods for own final use Subsistence agriculture Collecting firewood Fetching water Production of household unincorporated enterprises, including informal sector enterprise Provide a basis for valuation of unpaid non-SNA work

  11. Improving Measurement of Women’s Work Difficulties in identifying or describing certain types of work Informal employment, including employment in the informal sector Lower priority given to measuring certain types of work Unpaid, non-SNA work Limitations of data sources and methods “1-2” surveys Time-use surveys

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