1. Availability and Use of Tools and Materials for the
United Nations
Interagency and Expert Group Meeting on the
Development of Gender Statistics
New York, December 2006
Availability and Use of
Tools and Materials for the
Compilation of Statistics and Indicators
Demographic and Social Statistics Branch
United Nations Statistics Division

2. Increasing the use of available data
There are a lot more data than we are using, even for gender statistics
Use of data uncovers gaps, deficiencies as well as unique/special features of datasets
There is a greater chance of influencing the production of statistics when informed feedback and criticisms are given
Compilation of available data is a first step to improving availability of gender statistics

3. Women and Men publications at national level
Five of eight countries have such a publication
Albania (annually, )
Jordan (1999, one time)
Philippines (1995, 1999, 2003, 2006)
Serbia (2005)
Uzbekistan (2006)

4. Focus on Gender Statistics Compilation Basic Questions
What tools and materials are available from UN Statistics Division
How have they been used to further the development of gender statistics?
What other tools and materials are being used?
How can we increase the use of the materials?
What remains to be done?

5. UNSD Tools and Materials
Handbook for Producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men (1997)
Wistat Women’s Indicators and Statistics Spreadsheet Database for Microcomputers (Version 2): Users Guide and Reference Manual (1992)
Handbook for National Statistics Data Bases on Women and Development (1990)

6. UNSD Tools and Materials
Technical reports
Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use: Measuring Paid and Unpaid Work (2005)
Methods of Measuring Women’s economic activity (1993)
Methods of Measuring Women’s Participation and Production in the Informal sector (1990)

7. Main purposes of available tools and materials
Training
Potentially all but a selection produced for this primary purpose
References
All publications, reports, technical manuals, handbooks
Examples or models
National, regional and global reports, serve to guide countries/institutions to produce similar outputs)

8. Use of Materials for Training
Handbook for Producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men (1997)
Engendering Statistics: A Tool for Change (1996)
Guide to Gender-Sensitive Indicators (1997)

9. Materials used for Reference
Programme development (regional)
Regional Workshop on Women and Men in the ESCAP Region (two workshops)
Southern and Eastern African Countries (two workshops)
Regional Workshops
Regional Workshop on Social and Gender Statistics in the CARICOM Region (2000)
Gender Statistics Workshop in the Arab Region (1997, conducted by ESCWA)
National Workshops
Ghana

10. Other Tools and Materials
Gender statistics reports (national and regional)
Women and Men in …
Women in…
Gender statistics booklets
Women and Men in…
Gender statistics global reports
The World’s Women …

11. Materials used by some countries for Reference
Indicators for Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals (UN)
The World’s Women: Trends and Statistics (UN)
Handbook for National statistical Database on Women and Men (UN)
Handbook for Producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men, UN, New York
Gender sensitive indicators: A key tool for gender mainstreaming (FAO)
Gender Mainstreaming In Practice: A Handbook (UNDP)
Women in figures (UNFPA - Arab countries)
Human Right Development.
Engendering Statistics: A tool for change, (SIDA/Statistics Sweden)
Guide to gender sensitive indicators (CIDA)

12. Websites Used by some countries for Reference
(ONS-- United Kingdom)

13. No materials cited
Country X (Six training workshops, six consecutive years of “Women and Men in …)
Country Y (no training workshops, no specialized gender statistics publication)

14. Observations on the use of available tools and materials
Only one or two references cited by each country
Why so few countries make use of the resource available?
Several of the countries have attended regional workshops/seminars
Why are they not informed about the available materials?
Are any of the institutions using others materials?
There is almost no training conducted at the national level on the compilation of gender statistics
How should capacity of gender units and gender focal points be developed?

15. Future work What are the gaps?
Topics missing?
Updating of information?
Aspects of data compilation, presentation and analysis yet to be covered?
To what extent are new initiatives addressing the gaps?
How can these and other materials be usefully combined?
How can agencies collaborate to build capacity in a sustainable way?