Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Gender Equality: The Role of Statistics and Indicators

1. Summing UpandLooking Forward Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Gender Equality: The Role of Statistics and Indicators Estelle Loiseau & Espen Prydz OECD Development Centre Stockholm, Sweden 20 November, 2008

2. 1 What do we know? 3 What next? Gender Statistics in Managing and Evaluating Results 2 What can we improve? 2 Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Gender Equality

3. What do we know? • Gender statistics and indicators as an emerging area • Increasing importance of gender statistics and indicators • Aid Effectiveness • MDGs, Paris Declaration, Accra HLF, Evaluation • Using statistics and indicators to assess and manage for results • Diagnostic and tracking progress; develop evidence-based policies; advocacy; research purposes 3

4. What can we improve? (I) • Gender Statistics Challenges • Conventional Approaches Limited (top down) • Broadening Actors in Providing Statistics • Democratise Statistical Analysis and Meaning • Aid Effectiveness Challenges • Methodological • Data availability, diversity, quality • Capacity

5. What can we improve? (II) Statistics and indicators in MfDR and evaluation Importance of national approach and ownership Appropriate statistics and indicators Different indicators and statistics for different purposes Barriers to turn improved statistics into better policies: Institutional bottlenecks, political economy Solutions? Civil Society, Political Commitment, Accountability, Participatory data collection

6. What next? • Upcoming international initiatives: • Global forum on Gender Statistics (Accra), CSW • Case studies; testing and evaluating • Further Innovation • UNDP OGC user guide, UN Gender Violence, GID case studies, etc. • Further Collaboration • Continue dialogue

7. Thank you Please return evaluation forms Thank you again Stockholm, Sweden 20 November, 2008