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GENDER DIVISION IN INDIA

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 2

Conference of European Statisticians

Provides a framework for UNECE work on Gender Statistics

Functions of the CES in ECE work on Gender Statistics

• Approves new work• Monitors progress through annual updates• Ensures work plan is carried out• Maintains relevance of work


Areas in which we work

Data dissemination and collection

Process to change data collection and dissemination in National Statistical Systems

Gender and minorities


Priority Gender Areas

Violence against women/Domestic violence Segregation in the labour market

• Pay Gap• Informal employment• Vertical/Horizontal segregation

Reconciliation of family and work and unpaid work Participation in decision making Entrepreneurship Gender attitudes Poverty Gender and minorities


Priority Gender Statistics Areas

Measurement Lack of regular data sources Gender not properly considered in

existing data collection and dissemination

Underutilization of existing data Institutional issues in engendering

national statistical systems


Prevalence of Sexual assault-sexual violence in women

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Australia,2002

Canada,2004

France,2000

Germany,2003

Italy, 2002 Spain,2002

UK, 2001


Regular data collection not available

Surveys on gender attitudes

Surveys on time-use

Surveys on reproductive health

Surveys on violence against women


Gender not properly considered

Sex is not included in the data collection Business registers, disease reporting, voting

registers

Sex is not included in the dissemination of the data

Issues that reflect an unequal participation of women an men are not properly collected Quality of work, informal employment, leading

positions


Entrepreneurship: Data Availability


Location and Seniority of GSFPECE/UNDP Assessment 2003

Location Level of seniority

Azerbaijan Soc&Dem Deputy Dir.

Kazakhstan Soc%Dem Head of Dept.

Kyrgyzstan Social Vice-Dir. Division

Tajikistan Social First deputy Dir.

Turkmenistan Soc&Pop Head Dept.

Uzbekistan Social Deputy Dir.

Russian Fed. Labour Deputy Dir.


GSFP Interacting with other Departments ECE/UNDP Assessment 2003

Yes Partly No No unit

Economic St. 5 1 0 1

Agriculture St. 4 1 1 0

Soc&Dem St. 7 0 0 0

Methodology Unit

4 1 1 0

Dissemination Unit

6 1 0 0


Main conclusion

Need to train subject matter statisticians

Development of tools to gender-sensitize statisticians

Gender statistics is to make better statistics


UNECE Activities

Methodological work• Manual of how to gender sensitize national

statistical offices (in collaboration with the WBI and other international organizations)

• Framework of indicators on gender statistics Technical cooperation

• Development of training tools - Regional and national Workshops on gender statistics (in collaboration with the WBI)


Structure of work

Gender Focal Point Network Regional Work Session every 2 years

• Meeting place for Gender FPs, users, and key international organizations active in the region (e.g., WBI, UNDAW, UNDP, FAO, UNFPA, UNIFEM, EU, OECD, ILO, WHO)


Structure of work…

Steering Group on Gender Statistics 3 Task Forces

• TF on Gender Sensitization Training for Statisticians

• TF on Violence Against Women• TF on UNECE Gender Statistics Database


Domains: Population Families and households Work and the economy Education Public life and decision making Health Crime and justice

The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database



Data availability index (%)

63

29

30

32

52

51

37

41

Public life and Decision Making

Crime and violence

Education

Families and households

Health

Work and Economy

Population

TOTAL AVERAGE



Retrieval statistics : language profile

ECE Gender DatabaseInternet Downloads by Language and Month

0500

100015002000250030003500

Mar 2006

Apr 2006

May 2

006

Jun 2

006

Jul 2006

Aug 2

006

Sep 2

006

Oct 2006

Nov 2

006

Dec 2

006

Jan 2

007

Feb 2

007

Mar 2007

Apr 2007

May 2

007

Jun 2

007

Jul 2007

Total English Russian Trend (Total)


Content and structure

The Gender Statistics Website presents a set of material relevant for better understanding gender issues and statistics engendering.

The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender website


Recent innovation and ongoing work New section on Time Use Surveys (TUS):

various documentation New section on Violence Against Women:

documentation, questionnaires, and data Translation into Russian Update of national gender publications


Challenges

Making it happen• How to make encourage Statistical Offices to

change their methodologies to incorporate gender into the foundation of their statistics

• How to engage managers of Statistical Offices in understanding why gender needs to be integrated in their work

Violence Against Women• Development and maintenance of collaborative

efforts from different constituencies and expertise


Challenges…

Use of data from the Database and marketing of the Database• How to better disseminate the data and

encourage usage by Statistical offices and other users

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