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Capacity building in Central Asia and Eastern

Europe

Jessica GardnerUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe

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UNECE region• Bosnia & Herzegovina

• Kazakhstan

• Kyrgyz Republic

• Moldova

• Serbia

• Tajikistan

• Turkmenistan

• Uzbekistan

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Manual on Developing Gender StatisticsComprehensive training manual (2009)

1. What is gender statistics and gender analysis?

2. Why do we need gender statistics?

3. How to produce gender statistics

4. Selected topics relevant to gender statistics

5. Making it happen

6. Improving the use of gender statistics

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Gender statistics training videos1. Advocacy2. Gender based violence3. Labour statistics4. Informal employment5. Gender pay gap6. Gender and sub

groups7. Making it happen8. Time use surveys9. Decision-making

www.unece.org/stats/video

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National workshops

Labour statistics: how to make them more gender relevant?

Examples of topics covered:

Violence against women: concepts and statistical tools to collect data

Informal employment: definitions and improved statistical tools

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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