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Data Initiatives:The UNECE Gender

Database and Website

Victoria Velkoff On behalf of

UNECE Statistical Division

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The UNECE Gender database and website

Introduction The gender database and website are concrete

outputs of the UNECE/UNDP project that aimed • to create a regional platform for

data dissemination knowledge exchange

• to foster gender balance and policy monitoring in the ECE region.

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The UNECE Gender database and website

Collaborative aspects

Joint UNECE/UNDP project Use of data from partner organizations New Task Force on the UNECE Gender

Statistics Database New initiative working with 6 member countries and 1

other international organization on improving the content and use of the database

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The UNECE Gender database and websiteTask Force on the UNECE Gender Statistics Database

Main Objectives• 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

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The UNECE Gender database and websiteTask Force on the UNECE Gender Statistics Database

Membership• Representatives from NSOs who volunteer

their time to help improve the database content and presentation

Work Coordination• Through e-mail and audio conferences

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The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database

Structure of the database

The gender database is organized into a tree structure that enables easy data research

The first level of aggregation gathers the main domains that are considered relevant for monitoring change . • There are 7 domains covered.

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Structure of the database (cont.)

Domains: Population Families and households Work and the economy Education Public life and decision making Health Crime and violence

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Recent innovations and ongoing work

Migration of the public interface to a more user friendly platform (PC-Axis).

Implementation of the Russian version of the database.

Data updating.

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Recent innovations and ongoing work

Migration of the public interface

to a PC-Axis platform.

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Recent innovations and ongoing work (cont…)

Implementation of the Russian version of the database

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Recent innovations and ongoing work (cont…)

Data updating

Data collection through publications and NSOs’ websites. Use of other international organization data. Feedback from Gender Focal Points. The objective is to reduce the burden of reporting mechanism on countries.

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The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database

Data availability index (%)

63

29

30

32

52

51

37

41

Public life and Decision Making

Crime and violence

Education

Families and households

Health

Work and Economy

Population

TOTAL AVERAGE

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Retrieval statistics: language profile (2006)

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Data retrieval per month and language

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Retrieval statistics: domain profile

The UNECE Gender database and websiteThe gender database

Data retrivals per domain

3%

11%

3%

3%

5%

12%

41%

22%

Crime and Violence

Education

Family and Household

Health

Country profile

Public life anddecision makingPopulation

Work and Economy

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Challenges

Decision making• In many countries, there is no systemic data

collection on political participation, research, judicial system, media, economy.

Health• In the field of health, it is a challenge to

determine appropriate data on health topics which reflect gender issues.

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Future plans

Questionnaire redesign with additional indicators

More frequent data collection Public launch of the database and

marketing strategy New Task Force on UNECE Gender

Statistics Database

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The UNECE Gender database and website

The gender website

Structure and content Recent innovation and ongoing work

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Content and structure

The Gender Statistics Website presents a set of material relevant for better understanding gender issues and the engendering of statistics.

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Content and structure

The website presents and is structured around the following items:

An introduction to gender statistics and methodological notes for gender data production and presentation.

An overview of policy areas particularly relevant for gender analysis and policy-making.

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Content and structure (cont.)

Glossary Links to organizations and networks UNECE publications on gender

meetings and gender issues Link to on-line database

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Recent innovation and ongoing work

New section on Time Use Surveys (TUS): information and documentation on Time Use Surveys

Translation in Russian of the content on the website

Update of web-page of the national gender publications

Development of a new section on Violence Against Women including survey methodologies

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Collaborative work with partner organizations and Member Countries ensure sustainable Gender Statistics products!

Thank you !

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