GENERATING ISSUE-ORIENTED STATISTICS AND INDICATORS 26-28 National Training Workshops with Producers and Users of Gender Statistics . GENERATING ISSUE-ORIENTED STATISTICS AND INDICATORS Fatouma Sissoko African Centre for Statistics Kampala, Uganda, 02-04 October 2017

This presentation, we will Focus on: What are gender Issues? What are Gender statistics and indicators? What does the process of gender mainstreaming entail?

(European Institute for Gender Equality – EIGE (2014) What are gender issues? The term ‘gender issue’ refers to any issue or concern determined by gender-based and/or sex-based differences between women and men. Gender issues include all aspects and concerns related to women’s and men’s life and situation in society, to the way they interrelate, their differences in access to and use of resources, their activities, and how they react to changes, interventions and policies. (European Institute for Gender Equality – EIGE (2014)

What are Gender statistics and indicators? Gender statistics have been defined as statistics that “adequately reflect differences and inequalities in the situation of women and men in all areas of life” (United Nations 2006).   Statistics and indicators that reflect the realities of the life of women and men are needed to describe women’s and men’s role in the society, economy and family, to formulate and monitor policies and plans, monitor changes, and inform the public. Conference of European Statisticians (CES) October, 2014)

Gender mainstreaming The process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels. It is a strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes… (UNSD (2013). Gender Statistics Manual: Integrating a gender perspective into Statistics}

Mainstreaming/integrating a gender perspective into national statistics Gender issues and gender-based biases are taken into account systematically in the production of at all stages of data production (planning, data collection, data analysis, data dissemination) and all official statistics (all statistical fields).

Gender mainstreaming in national statistics Data producers and data users to work together to develop a good understanding of data needs, uses and limitations. This involves a wide range of stakeholders: National statistical system National mechanisms for gender equality National women’s machinery (the national mechanisms for the advancement of women within Government, Interministerial bodies (e.g. task forces, working groups, commissions or similar arrangements), Advisory or consultative bodies, with multi-stakeholder participation etc)

Strategy of gender mainstreaming in national statistics 1 - Develop a plan for developing gender statistics, based on four steps: Identify gender issues (user-producer cooperation is key) Identify data needed to address those gender issues Assess the availability and quality of existing gender statistics Use the information on the gap between data needed and existing data as a basis for developing a plan for gender statistics. Note: It is a requirement of the Beijing Platform for Action that the coverage of gender in national statistics and their adequacy should be regularly reviewed (para 207 (b)).

Strategy of gender mainstreaming in national statistics 1 - Develop a plan for developing gender statistics: The plan for developing gender statistics may include: Collection of new type of data, either using a completely new instrument or adding a few questions to an existing instrument Better dissemination of data already collected Use of new gender-sensitive concepts, definitions or classifications

Strategy of gender mainstreaming in national statistics 2 - Integrate gender-sensitive concepts and methods in data collections in all statistical fields: Review and revise the conceptual basis of existing data collections (concepts and definitions and their translation into questionnaires; units of enumeration and units of data collection) Use new concepts and new methods of data collection, such as those involved by time use surveys and violence against women surveys Review and revise the coding and classification systems and terminology Gender training for all personnel involved in data collection Gender-sensitive selection and training of field interviewers Media campaigns that include gender specific messages

Strategy of gender mainstreaming in national statistics 3 - Improve dissemination of gender statistics : Fully exploit existing data for obtaining gender statistics, including more disaggregated gender statistics Make sure that statistics made available on a regular basis to policy makers include a gender dimension Include gender based data analysis in analytical reports and highlight gender-based causes and consequences

Mainstreaming a gender perspective into NSS requires: Leadership and political Commitment at all levels is crucial Specification of formal requirements of GS in the national statistical legislation Cooperation between users and producers of statistics Collaboration of NSOs with other institutions for developing and improving concepts and methods Training of statisticians/experts, with interest in GS Re-focus of activities and position of gender units and gender focal points within the NSS Commit more resources

Group exercise Identifying gender issues with indicators Group 1 – SDG 3 Group 2 – SDG4 Group 3 – SDG5 Group 4 – SDG 8

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