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

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

3. OECD Development Centre Summing Up – Looking Forward 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. OECD Development Centre Summing Up – Looking Forward 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. OECD Development Centre Summing Up – Looking Forward 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. OECD Development Centre Summing Up – Looking Forward 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

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