GENDER STATISTICS: the work of the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) Salar Tayyib and Zsófia Bossányi FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics 12-14 March 2012
Jan 29, 2016
GENDER STATISTICS: the work of the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU)
Salar Tayyib and Zsófia BossányiFAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU)
UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics 12-14 March 2012
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Today’s presentation
• GENDER STATISTICS» Regional Capacity Development» Gender and Agriculture Statistics Framework (GASF)» Data-based research on the status of rural population» Core set of gender indicators
• CORE SET OF GENDER INDICATORS
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
GENDER STATISTICS
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Regional capacity development
• Training in collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data (SDD)
• Exchange of best practices/ methodologies• Creation of a gender focal point network in NSOs
SDD Regional Workshop (ESW)- Prague, Czech Republic, Nov. 2010.
5 countries from Central and Eastern Europe SDD Regional Workshop - Ankara, Turkey Apr. 2011. 9 Countries from Central Asia & S.E. Europe SDD & Indicators National Workshop - Tirana, Albania Nov. 2011. 22nd Expert Meeting of the Working Party on Women –
Rome, Italy, Feb 2012 Census data re-tabulation – Chisinau, Moldova Second half of 2012
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Gender and Agriculture Statistics Framework (GASF) Project (2012-13)
• Donor: Turkish Government• Beneficiaries: 3 countries (Turkey, Tajikistan & Kyrgyz Republic)
The 5 Steps of the GASF:1) identify gender issues2) list relevant indicators3) identify data sources4) data production & analysis5) results dissemination
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Gender and Agriculture Statistics Framework (GASF)
• Developed in South-East Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) through an FAO ESW/SIDA Project
• Outputs: National Gender Profiles of Agricultural Households
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Research on the status of rural women and men
• Collation and review of data from NSOs• Literature review
Paper for the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (Baku, 2012) covering
Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Tajikistan
Gives an overview and identifies gaps
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Gender Indicators in Agriculture
FAO REU Technical paper presented at the Fourth Wye City Conference (Brazil, Nov 2011) :
CORE GENDER INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE AGRICULTURAL
AND RURAL POPULATION
The two papers will be combined and officially published as FAO resource/methodological paper
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
CORE SET OF GENDER INDICATORS IN AGRICULTURE
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Structure
• Livelihoods Framework (DFID) & SEAGA• Links to the Global Strategy to improve agricultural
and rural statistics • Methodology for indicator selection• Proposed Core Set of Indicators• Recommendations and the way forward
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
DFID Livelihoods Framework
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
The FAO Socio-economic and Gender Analysis Framework (SEAGA)
• Who does what?• Who owns what?• Who has access to/controls what?• Who knows what?• Who benefits?• Who should be included in development programmes?
The 6 Key Questions:
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Livelihoods Framework
Global Strategy
Livelihood Assets Key variables Core Data Items Dimensions Human capital Household composition Household composition By sex Social
Education Highest level of education completed One digit ISCED by sex Social
Skills N/A N/A Health Household
consumption Consumption of core crops/livestock/etc. in quantity and value Economic Nutritional status
Employment
Economically active population No. of people in working age by sex Economic Labor status Employed, unemployed, inactive by sex Social Status in employment Self-employment and employee by sex Social Economic sector in employment
International standard industrial classification by sex Social
Occupation in employment
International standard classification of occupations by sex Social
Number of family/hired workers on the holding By sex Social
Migration N/A N/A
Links to the Global Strategy(excerpt – full table in paper)
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Proposed Core Set of Indicators- Methodology
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
(1) Proposed Core Set of Gender Indicators in Agriculture
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
(2) Proposed Core Set of Gender Indicators in Agriculture
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Proposed Core Set of Gender Indicators in Agriculture
• Core set of 18 gender indicators in agriculture• Initially proposed at a global level, currently under
refinement for a regional-specific core set (Europe and Central Asia)
• Consultation with 25 countries on 20-21 February, Expert Meeting of the Working Party on Women, Rome, FAO HQ
• The main findings of the consultation: – Data available for 6 to 15 of the indicators from various sources– lack of data on social networks/organizations, agricultural extension
services and food security status
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Main recommendations from national experts (25 countries from the REU Region)
• Use of other sources such as the Household Budget Survey (HBS), the Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS), Time-use Surveys etc.
• FAO to provide clear definitions and terminology and statistical instruments to be used.
• Streamline the terminology through consultation with other international organizations working in the field of gender/agricultural statistics
Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
The Way Forward
• Further consultations with countries to fine-tune and streamline the proposed gender indicators in agriculture
• Sub-regional workshops to develop national capacities on the use of the core set (in Ministries of Agriculture and NSOs)