capacity for producing and using gender statistics: a situational analysis

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Capacity for producing andusing gender statistics:

a situational analysisJessica Gardner, Statistical Consultant

Asian Development Bank

Kabul, Afghanistan 12 February 2012

GENDER & DEVELOPMENT - GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT!

The views expressed in this paper are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian

Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the

data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. The countries listed in this paper do not

imply any view on ADB's part as to sovereignty or independent status or necessarily conform to ADB's terminology.


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Gender Statistics:

an emerging field



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Gender statistics

Improving the quality of statistics Eliminating gender bias

Training enumerators, changing questions,

definitions New collections

Informal economy Violence against Women Time use Unpaid work Gender roles and decision-making

Meeting user needs: relevance


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Flow of data

Monitoring and evaluation Public policy

International reporting


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Detailed manual ondeveloping gender

statistics (UNECE, 2010)

180 pages ofinformation

Contributions from morethan 50 experts

www.unece.org/stats/gender.html
http://www.unece.org/stats/gender.htmlhttp://www.unece.org/stats/gender.html


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Standards for measuring

violence against women Internationally agreed indicators Ethical guidelines Questionnaire Interviewers guide

Training package


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Indicator Frameworks

Population Fertility & mortality

Families and

households Work & economy

Health

Education Public life & decision

making

Crime and violence

Environment

Poverty

Information &communications

Governance

Legislation


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Findings of the

Assessment of Gender

Statistics Capacity

in Afghanistan



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Methodology of the Situational Analysis



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Assessment of Central and West Asia

Developing Member Countries

Considerablechallenges

Less Progress

Some Progress



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Gender Statistics Framework

Demand

exists

Data

isdisseminated

Data

exist

Data

areused



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Demand exists

In Aghanistan:

No legislation for gender statistics

Demand evident in:

International commitments: CEDAW;

MDGs, etc National planning

CSO Capacity Development Plan 2011-2014 includes gender mainstreaming

Degree to which a culture of evidence-based policy making exists will impactdemand

Demand

exists

Data

are

disseminated

Data

exist

Data

are

used



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Challenges Demand Exists


Limitations of legislative provisions requirement for genderstatistics not established in the mainstream laws on official statistics.

Weak institutional mechanisms - clear mandates are lacking and

those delegated responsibility for gender statistics have insufficientauthority to influence change.

Limited awareness of gender equality and womens rights conceptsamong policy-makers and the general public.


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Data exist

In Afghanistan:

Some data collection through surveys,

census and administrative records

Significant challenges in data

collection

Inter-Ministerial Working Group on

Gender and Statistics

No agreed indicator framework

No budget for gender statistics

Demand

exists

Data

are

disseminated

Data

exist

Data

are

used


Data


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Gender-related statistics

Data

availability

Afghanistan

Time use and unpaid work

Decision making and public life

2009 current

2005-07

2010-11

Ownership and control of land /assets 2007-08

Gender attitudes

Informal economy

Prevalence of violence

Reproductive health2003

2010

Labor market and employment 2009

Poverty 2008

Education 2003, 2010-11

Health and mortality 2010

Migration

Agriculture

Crime


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Challenges Data exists

Poor coordination between data-producing agencies resulting in gaps indata collection, limited data comparability, and duplication of effort.

Lack of consultation between data producers and users leading to limitedunderstanding of users needs and the extent data provided meet those

needs.

Obstacles to collecting gender-related data such as cultural issues, civilunrest (in some countries), employing trained enumerators, and reaching

remote communities.

Lack of gender-specific indicators on poverty, inequality in economicopportunities, informal sector, governance, stereotyping, violence, impact of

conflict, access to assets, services and state subsidies, etc.

Timeliness of gender statistics



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Data is disseminatedDemand

exists

Data

is

disseminated

Data

exist

Data

are

used


In Afghanistan:

One publication on baseline

gender statistics in 2008

Some gender-disaggregated data

available online

Limited user consultation


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Challenges Data is disseminated


Limited capacity in analysing and presentingstatistics.

Lack of resources, both human and financial.

Less emphasis on data dissemination andcommunication than on collection and processing.


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Shift from print to online dissemination


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Link to policy

goals

Clear and

simplepresentation

Provide context


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Data are used

In Afghanistan:

Need to build relationships between

data users and producers

Introduce consultation and feedback

mechanisms

Build users ability to understand and

use statistics

Demand

exists

Data

are

disseminated

Data

exist

Data

are

used



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Challenges Data is used


Little evidence of regular consultation with users todiscuss emerging needs and monitor the use of gender

statistics.

A key challenge is the capacity of users to access,understand, analyse, interpret and use statistics.

Limited use of gender statistics for policy-making.


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Gender Statistics Framework

Demand

exists

Data

isdisseminated

Data

exist

Data

areused



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National statistics system


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comments?


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