1. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Data Initiatives: The UNECE Gender Database and Website Victoria Velkoff On behalf of UNECE Statistical Division

2. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 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. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 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. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 The UNECE Gender database and website Task 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. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 The UNECE Gender database and website Task 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. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6 The UNECE Gender database and website The 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. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 Structure of the database (cont.) Domains:  Population  Families and households  Work and the economy  Education  Public life and decision making  Health  Crime and violence The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

8. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8 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. The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

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

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14. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 14 Recent innovations and ongoing work (cont…) Implementation of the Russian version of the database The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

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17. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 17 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. The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

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19. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 19 Retrieval statistics: language profile (2006) The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

20. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 20 Retrieval statistics: domain profile The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

21. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 21 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.

22. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 22 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 The UNECE Gender database and website The gender database

23. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 23 The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website  Structure and content  Recent innovation and ongoing work

24. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 24 Content and structure  The Gender Statistics Website presents a set of material relevant for better understanding gender issues and the engendering of statistics. The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website

25. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 25 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. The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website

26. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 26 Content and structure (cont.)  Glossary  Links to organizations and networks  UNECE publications on gender meetings and gender issues  Link to on-line database The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website

27. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 27 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 The UNECE Gender database and website The gender website

28. - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 28 Collaborative work with partner organizations and Member Countries ensure sustainable Gender Statistics products! Thank you ! The UNECE Gender database and website