1. SUMMARY World Programme on Gender Statistics Progress Report from January 2014 to March 2015 During the period under review, UNSD organised the 8th Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) and the 5th Global Forum on Gender Statistics; continued its work on the World s Women 2015; conducted two training workshops on gender statistics; and contributed to a number of technical meetings on gender statistics. 2. EXPECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2014 Tranche The expected accomplishments for 2014 are as follows: B1: Support the 8 th Inter-agency and Expert Group meeting on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) as well as the 5 th Global Forum on Gender Statistics, in 2014 B2: Undertake two regional capacity building workshops for countries in Pacific and ESCWA region, respectively. The workshops will be based on the UN Gender Statistics training manuals (Integrating a Gender Perspective into Statistics and Guidelines on Producing Statistics on Violence against Women: Statistical Surveys) B3: Prepare the World s Women 2015 B4: Support study tours for national statisticians participating in training activities on gender statistics including on time use and emerging issues. B5: Participate in major meetings on methodology and data availability of gender statistics 3. REVIEW OF IMPACT AND ACTIVITIES Accomplishment 1 (B1) Support the 8 th Inter-agency and Expert Group meeting on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) as well as the 5 th Global Forum on Gender Statistics, in 2014 achieved for B1 In the reporting period, UNSD organized the 8 th meeting of the IAEG-GS and the 5 th Global Forum on Gender Statistics, held in Aguascalientes, Mexico, from 2-5 November 2014. The IAEG-GS meeting discussed coordination issues with the international statistical community and agreed on work priorities under the Global Gender Statistics Programme for 2015 with the aim of improving gender statistics at the national and international levels. Around 35 experts from NSOs and the international statistical community participated in the meeting. The 5th Global Forum on Gender Statistics was organized by UNSD, in collaboration with INEGI, Mexico. The Forum promoted international standards for the production, analysis, dissemination of relevant, reliable, harmonized and timely gender statistics; reviewed and shared best practices on gender statistics at the
national and international level; and reinforced the dialogue between users (policy makers, researchers, other stakeholders) and producers of gender statistics. Around 100 participants from NSOs, academia, women s national institutes and the international statistical community attended the Forum. Accomplishment 2 (B2) achieved for B2 UNSD staff also participated as resource persons in the XV International Meeting on Gender Statistics (a conference for Latin American countries), organized by UN Women-Latin America, Inmujeres (National Institute for Women of Mexico), ECLAC Gender Division, in collaboration with INEGI, 5-7 November 2014. The meeting brought together users and producers of gender statistics from the Latin American region and around the world to reflect on progress made in the area of gender statistics and discussed existing and future challenges. Undertake two regional capacity building workshops for countries in Pacific and ESCWA region, respectively. In the reporting period, UNSD jointly with SPC, conducted the Pacific Region Workshop on Gender Statistics (4-6 August 2014). The workshop promoted the integration of a gender perspective into national statistical systems; presented training modules on work and health statistics based on the UN Gender Statistics Manual: Integrating a Gender Perspective into Statistics and introduce the new definition of work (19 th ICLS Resolution); discussed the use of population and housing censuses for producing gender statistics; reviewed violence against women surveys and time use surveys in the region; and introduced the Minimum Set of Gender Indicators and facilitate discussion among national statisticians on the data collection and compilation needs for these indicators, within specific regional and national contexts. Over 80 participants from NSOs, representatives from national women s machineries, human rights reporting sections of government in 13 Pacific Island countries and UN agencies attended the workshop, organized jointly by UNSD and SPC. This was the first workshop of its kind in the region bringing together both producers and users of gender statistics, providing an opportunity for data users to understand the challenges in producing gender statistics and for data producers to better understand users needs. UNSD also contributed to the ILO regional workshop on work statistics and labour migration statistics for the same region by presenting the international standards and definitions for producing labour migration statistics. UNSD also informed the group of an upcoming UNSD manual on producing migration statistics using censuses and surveys. Another workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective into the Production of Statistics was conducted on 1 4 December 2014 in Amman, Jordan, organized jointly by UNSD, UNESCWA, the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Center for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in collaboration with the Jordan Department of Statistics. The workshop participants learned the importance and methods of integration of a gender perspective into national statistical systems and also throughout the census process with the aim of improving the availability and quality of gender statistic. The workshop also offered an opportunity for participants to exchange knowledge and experiences on the production of gender statistics. A total of 18 gender statisticians and census experts from 12 ESCWA countries participated in the workshop. 2/5
Accomplishment 3 (B3) achieved for B3 Prepare the World s Women 2015 In the reporting period, all chapters of the World s Women 2015 population and families, health, education, work, power and decision-making, violence against women environment and poverty were finalized for the review by an external editor. A brochure, the World s Women 2015 At a Glance was produced, to be presented at the 46 th Statistical Commission and the 59 th Commission on the Status of Women in 2015. The brochure highlighted key findings on the status of women and men and progress made since 1995 in several key areas such as health, education, work, power and decision making and violence against women. Accomplishment 4 (B4) achieved for B4 The World s Women 2015 will contribute to the stocktaking being done to mark the 20 anniversary of the Beijing Conference. It addresses the above-mentioned critical areas in terms of current status of women and men and the progress made since 1995. Support study tours for national statisticians participating in training activities on gender statistics including on time use and emerging issues. In the reporting period, UNSD organized study tours for representatives from 3 national statistical offices Armenia, Georgia and Turkey to attend the Training Workshop on Measuring Household Production and the 36th Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research. The training workshop (29 July 2014) was to enhance capacity in measuring household production via time-use data collection. Various methods in valuation of household work, time and services based on the experience from Finland were shared with participants. The 36th Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research was conducted from 30 July to 1 August 2014 and provided a platform for sharing of national experiences in producing and using time-use statistics. All participants in the study tour indicated that their participation in the training and conference had enhanced their knowledge in the area and they would like to implement that acquired knowledge in their work. Accomplishment 5 (B5) achieved for B5 Participate in major meetings on methodology and data availability of gender statistics In the reporting period, UNSD participated, as resource person(s) in the following meetings: (1) Work Session and Workshop on Gender Statistics, 17-21 March 2014, Geneva. During the meeting UNSD provided an update on the Global Gender Statistics Programme as well as the ongoing revision of the International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS). UNSD also held a meeting with the ILO expert on classifications to discuss the revision of ICATUS and the new definition of work adopted at the 19 th ICLS. (2) The 62nd Session of the Conference of European Statisticians, 3/5
organized by UNECE, 9-11 April 2014 in Paris, France. During the meeting, UNSD discussed with OECD on the possibility in obtaining gender statistics on migration to be incorporated into the World s Women 2015. UNSD also discussed with UNECE and countries in the region on their regional gender indicators as well as possible regional contributions to the forthcoming Global Forum on Gender Statistics. (3) The WHO meeting on indicators on violence against women for the post 2015 development agenda, 23-24 June 2014. During the meeting, UNSD presented the indicators of the Friends of the Chair (FOC) on indicators on violence against women (VAW) and the latest work undertaken by UNSD on measuring prevalence of selected types of violence, including the development of the Guidelines for the production of statistics on VAW from sample surveys. UNSD also introduced the minimum set of gender indicators agreed by the UN Statistical Commission and presented the two selected indicators on VAW (out of the 8 FOC VAW indicators) retained by the IAEG-GS as summary measures of prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-ipv for the minimum set. UNSD also discussed with participants about ensuring the indicators proposed by WHO are in line with the FOC indicators on VAW. (4) Training Workshop on Measuring Household Production and the 36th Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research. (29 July 1 August 2014, Turku, Finland) During the meeting, UNSD updated participants and discuss with countries the ongoing revision of the International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics (ICATUS). (5) The Data2X roundtable conference, co-organized by the Data2X initiative and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on Better Data to Better Monitor the Status of Women in Informal Employment, Unpaid Work and Work in Agriculture, 1-2 October 2014, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Roundtable reviewed progress, practices and coordination mechanisms, and assessed data gaps on gender statistics related to work, including on informal employment, unpaid work and work in rural areas and agriculture. UNSD presented relevant work undertaken by the Division under the Global Gender Statistics Programme, highlighting the role of the IAEG-GS as a wellestablished coordination mechanism for all issues related to gender statistics; and had a follow-up discussion with ILO colleagues on the finalizing the ICATUS revision. 4. RELATED ACTIVITIES - In the reporting period, UNSD continued to maintain the database for the Tier-I Minimum Set of Gender Indicators. The EDGE project, jointly implemented by UNSD and UN Women, also made progress in developing methodological guidelines for the collection of Tier-III gender indictors on asset ownership and entrepreneurship. Finally, UNSD continued to finalise the chapters for the World s Women 2015. 4/5
5. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED No specific problem has been encountered in the period: January March 2015. 5/5