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Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Gender Statistics Enaia Zidan

Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Gender Statistics Enaia Zidan. 12-14/12/2006 . Contents. Introduction Structure The Aims The Main Scope Activities The Main Projects. Data Sources Outputs Method of Dissemination The Users of GSP outputs Restrictions.

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Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Gender Statistics Enaia Zidan

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  1. Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Gender Statistics Enaia Zidan 12-14/12/2006

  2. Contents • Introduction • Structure • The Aims • The Main Scope • Activities • TheMainProjects

  3. DataSources • Outputs • Method of Dissemination • The Users of GSP outputs • Restrictions

  4. Introduction Gender Statistics Program (GSP) started early in 1996, when gender issues began to receive greater attention in policy formulation for program planning at both the national and the international levels, and when demand increasedfor statistics that adequately reflect these issues.

  5. The Organizational Structure of GSP Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Population and Social Statistics Directorate Social Statistics Department Gender Statistics Program

  6. The Aims of the GSP • Raise Awareness Among • policy makers, planners, NGOs, gender advocates and the public at large. • Promoting and Supporting • establishment of gender units in the PNA ministries; building capacity in these ministries in this field • Sensitize all PCBS Staff on the Importance of • producing gender statistics and • ensure that gender concerns are taken into consideration in the ongoing data collection programs

  7. The Main Scope of Work for the GSP • Population(structure, sex ratio, …) • Family and Household (Living condition, Poverty,..) • Health(mother and child, productivity, …) • Education(enrollment, educational level, drop-outs, ..) • Work\ Labour (un-employments, activity, wages, …) • Participation in Public Life(legislative council, ….) • Violence\Crime and Victimization

  8. The Activities of the GSP • Establish a mechanism for continuous communication with users (regular contacts, workshops, seminars, training courses ) • Production of an annual report • Publication of pamphlets, brochures • Provide national, international and regional organization with data in key areas of concern • Carry out secondary analysis based on available data • Act as a focal point for users • Carry out extensive analysis of data on gender perspective

  9. The Main Projects of GSP • An Annual Report • “Women & Men in Palestine.Issues and Statistics” • Workshops • User-producer dialogues,Focus group discussions, etc.. • Surveys

  10. GSP Data Sources • Administrative records for Ministries • Administrative records for PCBS • Surveys • Surveys conducted by PCBS departments (labour force, demographic and health survey, other surveys) • Surveys conducted by GSP itself covering specific topics (time use, ownership and access to resources and domestic violence survey) • Census

  11. Outputs of GSP • Annual Report (Women & Men in Palestine Issues & Statistics) • Analytical Report (Women Health in Camps,2002. Women and work in Palestinian Territory,2001. Time Spent in Cultural, Learning and Leisure,2002) • Other Statistical Reports (Domestic Violence survey, Main Findings Report, 2006. Time Use in the Palestinian Territory, Main Findings Report, 2000. Ownership and Access to Resources Survey, Main Findings Report,1999)

  12. Workshops • Press Releases (On the Occasions of Woman International Day, Mother Day, From Surveys) • Pamphlets (Fertility Preference in the Palestinian Society,2005. Women Reproductive Health, 2001) • Posters (Socio-Health Status of Palestinian Women,2006. Women and Men in Palestinian Territory,2004. Main Finding of Time Use Survey, 2001) • Executive Summary

  13. Method of Dissemination of GSP Outputs • Hardcopies • CDs • Internet • DIVIFO (PALINFO) • Media • Public Use Files

  14. The Users of GSP outputs • Ministries • NGOs • International Institutions • Policy Makers • Researchers in the Filed of Gender • Universities • Media

  15. Restrictions • The Current Status Report is considered to be a basic main activity of the program. However, the Current Status Report will not be based on published statistics but on data processing and secondary analysis of existing data sets from surveys carried out by PCBS. This will be a much bigger challenge to the PCBS gender statistics staff. • Lack of information for indicators derived from the administrative records, in addition to the under coverage and missing in data.

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