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Data Initiatives: The UNECE Gender Database and Website

Data Initiatives: The UNECE Gender Database and Website. Victoria Velkoff On behalf of UNECE Statistical Division. The UNECE Gender database and website. Introduction The gender database and website are concrete outputs of the UNECE/UNDP project that aimed

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Data Initiatives: The UNECE Gender Database and Website

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  1. Data Initiatives:The UNECE Gender Database and Website Victoria Velkoff On behalf of UNECE Statistical Division

  2. The UNECE Gender database and website Introduction • The gender database and website are concrete outputs of the UNECE/UNDP project that aimed • to create a regional platform for • data dissemination • knowledge exchange • to foster gender balance and policy monitoring in the ECE region.

  3. The UNECE Gender database and website Collaborative aspects • Joint UNECE/UNDP project • Use of data from partner organizations • New Task Force on the UNECE Gender Statistics Database • New initiative working with 6 member countries and 1 other international organization on improving the content and use of the database

  4. The UNECE Gender database and websiteTask Force on the UNECE Gender Statistics Database Main Objectives • Foster collaboration and discussion with National Statistical Offices and other international organizations working on similar databases • Provide suggestions on new indicators or modifications to the UNECE database • Develop a marketing strategy to reach out to users • Coordinate/produce publications using data from the UNECE database on a regular basis, possibly in collaboration with national agencies and international organizations

  5. The UNECE Gender database and websiteTask Force on the UNECE Gender Statistics Database Membership • Representatives from NSOs who volunteer their time to help improve the database content and presentation Work Coordination • Through e-mail and audio conferences

  6. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Structure of the database • The gender database is organized into a tree structure that enables easy data research • The first level of aggregation gathers the main domains that are considered relevant for monitoring change . • There are 7 domains covered.

  7. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Structure of the database (cont.) Domains: • Population • Families and households • Work and the economy • Education • Public life and decision making • Health • Crime and violence

  8. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Recent innovations and ongoing work • Migration of the public interface to a more user friendly platform (PC-Axis). • Implementation of the Russian version of the database. • Data updating.

  9. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Recent innovations and ongoing work Migration of the public interface to a PC-Axis platform.

  10. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Recent innovations and ongoing work (cont…) Implementation of the Russian version of the database

  11. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Recent innovations and ongoing work (cont…) Data updating • Data collection through publications and NSOs’ websites. • Use of other international organization data. • Feedback from Gender Focal Points. The objective is to reduce the burden of reporting mechanism on countries.

  12. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database

  13. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Retrieval statistics: language profile (2006)

  14. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Retrieval statistics: domain profile

  15. Challenges • Decision making • In many countries, there is no systemic data collection on political participation, research, judicial system, media, economy. • Health • In the field of health, it is a challenge to determine appropriate data on health topics which reflect gender issues.

  16. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database Future plans • Questionnaire redesign with additional indicators • More frequent data collection • Public launch of the database and marketing strategy • New Task Force on UNECE Gender Statistics Database

  17. The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website • Structure and content • Recent innovation and ongoing work

  18. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website Content and structure • The Gender Statistics Website presents a set of material relevant for better understanding gender issues and the engendering of statistics.

  19. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website Content and structure The website presents and is structured around the following items: • An introduction to gender statistics and methodological notes for gender data production and presentation. • An overview of policy areas particularly relevant for gender analysis and policy-making.

  20. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website Content and structure (cont.) • Glossary • Links to organizations and networks • UNECE publications on gender meetings and gender issues • Link to on-line database

  21. The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website Recent innovation and ongoing work • New section on Time Use Surveys (TUS): information and documentation on Time Use Surveys • Translation in Russian of the content on the website • Update of web-page of the national gender publications • Development of a new section on Violence Against Women including survey methodologies

  22. The UNECE Gender database and website Collaborative work with partner organizations and Member Countries ensure sustainable Gender Statistics products! Thank you !

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