Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Gender Equality:The Role of Statistics and

Indicators

Stockholm, Sweden

20 November, 2008

Summing Upand

Looking Forward

Estelle Loiseau & Espen Prydz

OECD Development Centre

OECD Development Centre

Summing Up – Looking Forward

Gender Statistics in Managing and Evaluating ResultsGender Statistics in Managing and Evaluating Results

Measuring, Managing and Evaluating Gender Equality

11 What do we know?What do we know?

What can we improve?What can we improve?22

33 What next?What next?

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What do we know?• Gender statistics and indicators as an emerging area

– Increasing importance of gender statistics and indicators

• Aid Effectiveness

– MDGs, Paris Declaration, Accra HLF, Evaluation• Using statistics and indicators to assess and manage for

results

– Diagnostic and tracking progress; develop evidence-based policies; advocacy; research purposes

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What can we improve? (I)

• Gender Statistics Challenges– Conventional Approaches Limited (top down)– Broadening Actors in Providing Statistics– Democratise Statistical Analysis and Meaning

• Aid Effectiveness Challenges– Methodological– Data availability, diversity, quality– Capacity

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What can we improve? (II)• Statistics and indicators in MfDR and evaluation

– Importance of national approach and ownership– Appropriate statistics and indicators– Different indicators and statistics for different purposes

• Barriers to turn improved statistics into better policies:– Institutional bottlenecks, political economy– Solutions? Civil Society, Political Commitment, Accountability,

Participatory data collection

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What next?

• Upcoming international initiatives: – Global forum on Gender Statistics (Accra), CSW – Case studies; testing and evaluating

• Further Innovation– UNDP OGC user guide, UN Gender Violence, GID case studies, etc.

• Further Collaboration– Continue dialogue

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20 November, 2008

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