United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Knowledge Management and Information Sharing: The Structure of UNECE’s work on Gender Statistics Victoria Velkoff, on behalf of UNECE Statistical Division

Slide 2 Conference of European Statisticians (CES) 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

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 3 Areas in which we work  Data dissemination and collection  Measurement of violence against women (VAW)  Process to change data collection and dissemination in National Statistical System  Emerging issues for UNECE Gender and minorities

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 4 UNECE Activities  Methodological work Manual of how to gender sensitize national statistical offices Framework of indicators on gender statistics  Technical cooperation Regional and national workshops on gender statistics – held twice a year

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 5 Structure of work  Gender Focal Point Network  UNECE Regional Work Session every 2 years Meeting place for Gender FPs, users, and key international organizations active in the region (e.g., UNDAW, UNDP, FAO, UNFPA, UNIFEM, EU, OECD, ILO, WHO)

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 6 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

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 7 Steering Group Main objectives: Coordinate the work of the TFs Plan future UNECE meetings and workshops in the field of gender statistics

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 8 Task Force on Gender- sensitisation Training for Statisticians Objectives:  Collect available training materials and make them available  Develop a training module for future use UNECE’s Manual on Gender-sensitization Training for Statisticians

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 9 Task Force on Gender- sensitization Training for Statisticians…  Participation Country representatives from Serbia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and UNECE.  Partners World Bank Institute, FAO, UNDP, UNFPA

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 10 Task Force on Violence Against Women  Exchange and promote methods for specialized VAW surveys  Define common concepts, develop a core set of indicators and identify a minimum set of questions for a short- module that can be incorporated into on- going surveys

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 11 Task Force on Violence Against Women…  Participation Country representative from Serbia, Italy, Canada, HEUNI, OHCHR, UNDAW, WHO, UNIFEM and UNECE. Academic institutions active in VAW research

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 12 Task Force on UNECE Gender Statistics Database 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

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 13 Task Force on UNECE Gender Statistics Database…  Participation Country representative from Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, OECD, and UNECE.

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 14 How the TFs carry out their work  Main means of communication   Audioconferences  Occasional TF meetings with specific aims to further the work E.g., TF Meetings on Gender Sensitization to produce the outline for the Manual

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 15 Challenges  Making it happen How to 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

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 16 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

UNECE Statistical Division Slide 17 Thank you!