Capacity building in Central Asia and Eastern Europe

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Capacity building in Central Asia and Eastern
Europe

• Jessica Gardner
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• Presentation at the 2009 Global Forum on Gender
  Statistics, Accra Ghana, 26-28 January 2009

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UNECE region

• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyz Republic
• Moldova
• Serbia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

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Manual on Developing Gender Statistics

• Comprehensive training manual (2009)
• What is gender statistics and gender analysis?
• Why do we need gender statistics?
• How to produce gender statistics
• Selected topics relevant to gender statistics
• Making it happen
• Improving the use of gender statistics

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Gender statistics training videos

1. Advocacy
2. Gender based violence
3. Labour statistics
4. Informal employment
5. Gender pay gap
6. Gender and sub groups
7. Making it happen
8. Time use surveys
9. Decision-making

www.unece.org/stats/video
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National workshops
Examples of topics covered
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Other possible topics

• Reconciliation of family and work
• Decision-making
• Population sub groups (minorities)
• Gender pay gap
• Gender attitudes
• Time use

• Analysis and presentation
• Data dissemination
• Training of users
• Agriculture
• Health, disability and care
• Education

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Successful capacity building

• Strong networks
• Responsive to needs
• Focus on concrete outcomes
• Combine practice with theory

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Considerations for the future

• Measuring results of capacity building
• Reuse and share training tools
• Improve platforms for sharing experiences
• International cooperation