Countries across the globe have made commendable progress towards gender equitable development in recent decades. Improved access to education and women’s health bear testament to efforts to “leave no one behind” and enhance opportunities for women and girls. Yet despite this progress, disparities in income and wealth continue to grow and deep-rooted barriers to civic and economic participation remain pervasive. As the countdown to 2030 continues, much remains to be done, with less than 25% of countries making “fast progress” towards gender equality[1].
Today, across Asia and the Pacific, only 43.6 per cent of working-age women are engaged in the paid workforce[2], women spend at least 4 times more than men on unpaid care and domestic work[3], and women are more likely to be employed in informal or vulnerable jobs. Beyond inequality in economic opportunities, violence against women and girls remains troubling in the region, which saw the largest number of intimate partner or family-related femicides in 2021 (18,100[4]). These setbacks in gender equality are exacerbated by conflict, natural disasters, economic instability and the emerging effects of climate change.
Reliable gender data is critical in identifying these gender inequalities, understanding how they affect women, men, boys and girls differently, and developing targeted responses. Interest in the latter – the power of gender data to drive and inform meaningful responses to gender inequalities -- is growing, but understanding of the topic remains limited. To move towards filling this knowledge gap, PARIS21 has partnered with national statistical offices (NSOs) and gender ministries, departments, and agencies in Rwanda, Kenya, the Maldives, and the Dominican Republic to develop country case studies that explore the determinants of gender data use at the country-level.
During this session, PARIS21 will invite partners from Asia and the Pacific to share their insights on gender data use, paving the way for a meaningful exchange of good practices and common solutions.
Objective
To facilitate regional peer learning on the challenges and opportunities for gender data use in policymaking in Asia and the Pacific.
Outcomes
- Understanding of the dynamics of gender data use in Asia and the Pacific is strengthened
- Identified good practices in gender data use are shared
- Areas for further research on gender data use are identified
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A community is built around gender data use in the region
Preliminary agenda:
Times are in AEDT
07:00 CET / 12:00 ICT / 16:00 AEDT
| Time | Item | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Welcome | Lauren Harrison, Team Lead, Gender and Inclusive Data Ecosystems, PARIS21 |
| 16:05 |
Scene-setting: Why gender data use?
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Lauren Harrison, Team Lead, Gender and Inclusive Data Ecosystems, PARIS21 Gayatri Ramnath, Data Use and Engagement Manager, Equality Insights |
| 16:15 | Panel discussion |
Moderator: Lauren Harrison,Team Lead, Gender and Inclusive Data Ecosystems, PARIS21 Meli Nadakuca, Senior Statistician, Social Statistics Division, Fiji Bureau of Statistics
Sharita Serrao, Statistician, Population and Social Statistics Section, Statistics Division, UN ESCAP
Sara Duerto Valero, Regional Advisor on Gender Statistics for Asia-Pacific, UN Women. Gayatri Ramnath, Data Use and Engagement Manager, Equality Insights Solomon Islands and Tonga Aisthath Hassan, Chief Statistician, Maldives National Bureau of Statistics Sophie Kenneally, Policy Analyst on Gender Statistics, PARIS21 |
| 17:00 | Q&A | |
| 17:20 | Closing remarks | Lauren Harrison,Team Lead, Gender and Inclusive Data Ecosystems, PARIS21 |
[1] https://www.equalmeasures2030.org/2022-sdg-gender-index/key-findings/
[2]Compared to 74 per cent of working age men. https://www.unescap.org/our-work/social-development/advancing-gender-eq…
[3]https://www.unescap.org/our-work/social-development/advancing-gender-eq…
[4] https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/statement/2022/11/ending-dea….