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Joachim Recktenwald
Eurostat F2 – Labour market statistics
21-22 March 2011
Meeting of the European Directors of Social Statistics

2. Gender equality indicators online
Policy context
strategy for equality between women and men
Aim: increase visibility of gender statistics available in the ESS
Presentation of gender indicators in the context of other policy indicator sets
Criteria for indicator selection
Policy relevance
Various topics (education, labour market, child care, …)
Data availability
Easy to understand
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3. http://epp. eurostat. ec. europa
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4. Inventory of available data by sex
Available breakdown by sex of Eurostat data
Other gender-related statistics
Results
Disaggregation mainly relevant for social statistics, but also for business and agriculture statistics
Where relevant, nearly all data are available by sex
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5. European Institute for Gender Equality – EIGE
New European agency which supports the EU and MS in their efforts to promote gender equality
Cooperation in statistics
Working Group on Beijing indicators
Experts’ group on European Gender Equality index
 Eurostat provides information and advice on available data and methodologies
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6. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe – UNECE
UNECE provides institutional framework on gender statistics in the UNECE region
Work coordinated by the Conference of European Statisticians (CES) and its steering group on gender statistics
Activities with Eurostat involvement:
UNECE work sessions on gender statistics
Every 2-3 years (last meeting: April 2010)
Task Force on Indicators for Gender Equality
Improve monitoring of gender equality in the ECE region
Final report: September 2012
21-22 March 2011
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