Rabia AwanChief Statistical OfficerPakistan Bureau of Statistics

Gender Statistics for monitoring MDGs

(Situation in Pakistan)

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Pakistan’s progress in MDGs

1990-91 2001-02 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2010-11 MDG Target 2015

46 4252 53 56 55 57 56

10035 45

53 54 55 56 57 58

88Goal 2:-Achieve Universal Primary Edu-

cation

#REF! Literacy rate (%)

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Pakistan’s progress in MDGs

1990-91 2001-02 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2010-11 MDG Target 2015

0.73 0.82 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.88 0.88 0.88 100.75 0.77 0.78 0.78 0.84 0.81 0.85 0.94

0.510.65 0.68 0.78 0.75 0.78 0.78 0.79 1

8.07

9.6510.11

10.93 10.539.89

10.64 10.64

14(MDG target)Goal 3:-Promote Gender Equality and

Empower Women

Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricul-ture sectorYouth literacy GPIGender Parity index (GPI) for SecondaryGender parity index (GPI) for primary *,

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Pakistan’s progress in MDGs

1990-91 2001-02 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2010-11 MDG Target 2015

75

53

77 71 76 73 78 8190

80

57

7876 77 76

79 81

9026

12

1412 11 10

10 11

10

Goal 4:-Reduce Child Mortality

Proportion of children under five who suffered from diarrhea in the last 30 days and received ORS

Proportion of under 1 year children immunized against measles

Proportion of fully immunized children 12-23 months

Indicator Male

Female

Total

Literacy(%) 69 46 58Net Enrolment Rate(primary level)(%)

60 53 56

Gross Enrolment Rate (primary level)

100 83 92

Net Enrolment Rate(middle level)(%)

22 19 20

Gross Enrolment Rate(middle level)(%)

59 48 54

Immunization(fully immunized)(%)

82 79 81

Labour Force (%) 49 15 32Source:- PSLM Survey 2010-11

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Major Gender Gaps in Pakistan

Gender Gaps

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Adult literacy rate for both men and women is only 55.5% whereas its dismally low (34%) for women in rural areas

Unemployment rate for women is 8.9% as against 5.1% for men

1.8% of women working as legislators, senior officials and managers as compared to 14.8% men) between 2009-10, and women held seats in Parliament ( 22.20% in 2008-09).

Empirical evidence for growing levels of violence against women exists which include abduction, honour killing, rape, acid attacks, murder and domestic violence

According to a National NGO, 6.74% increase in incidents of violence against women noticed in 2011 as compared to 2010.

Achievements in Gender Statistics Data ExistsGoP is committed towards gender equality and

women empowerment. Pakistan is signatory to several International commitments like CEDAW 1996 , Beijing Platform for Action and various ILO conventions.

PSLM introduced in 2004-05 for monitoring MDGs produces provincial/district level sex disaggregated information.

Labour Force Survey, Census reports, Pakistan demographic survey, Pakistan demographic health surveys also produce sex disaggregated information.

PBS also publish “Compendium on Gender Statistics”(every five years)

Time use survey has been conducted by PBS in 2007 and report has been published

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Data DisseminationMicro or raw data is disseminated after finalization

of report for research and analysis purpose.

Published reports (PSLM, Labour Force Survey, Time use survey, District Census) are available with PBS.

Published data is also available on PBS website.

Compendium of Gender Statistics is published every five years with the assistance of donor agencies.

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Contd;

Data utilizationData of social indicators like NER, Literacy, Infant

mortality rate etc is used by Planning Division for monitoring the progress of MDGS and future planning.

Ministry Of Finance use data for tracking the progress of programs initiated through Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP).

Donors, International Financial Institutions (World Bank, Asian Development Bank), UN agencies, Civil Society Organizations and Media use data for planning, reporting and monitoring.

Students and researchers use data for their research and analysis purpose.

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Contd;

“ Provision of Missing Facilities” for promoting girls education under President Education Sector Reform Program.(results of these programs will be shown after of finalization of current round of PSLM)

Girls Education Policy Support Project (GEPSP) contributing towards elimination of gender disparity at Primary level. (Girls enrolment increased specifically in Punjab and KPK)

Benazir Income Support Program(BISP) GoP social safety net program to address the needs of the vulnerable women and improve their socio-economic status. .(results of these programs will be shown after finalization of current round of PSLM)

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Examples of Data used in developing gender responsive

programs

Data MonitoringPakistan Bureau of Statistics(PBS) is responsible for collection,

processing and tabulation of most of the indicators.

14 out of 37 MDG indicators are monitored by PSLM Surveys, which is a regular activity of this bureau since 2004-05 and will continue till 2015.

Labour force Survey(LFS) monitors indicators of MDG regarding Labour force Participation and Unemployment

Pakistan Demographic Survey (PDS) is also a regular activity of PBS

Pakistan Demographic Health Survey(PDHS) conducted by National Institute of Population Studies(NIPS) monitors data especially on reproductive health issues

In upcoming Census, efforts are underway to collect and present gender disaggregated data on all major indicators

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Challenges/Constraints in Data FlowNo legal framework for gender statistics.No national/provincial plans for the collection,

dissemination and utilization of Gender Statistics.Insufficient data for monitoring and reporting progress

on women development programs and policies.Lack of data on issues like poverty, on-farm gender

division of labour, violence against women, and household responsibilities, etc.

Lack of coordination (departments and ministries).Limited utilization of data for policy making and

planning.

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Delay in publishing data.Lack of user friendly data.Limited capacity in analyzing and presenting

data at the national and provincial level.Lack of resources, both human and financial.No emphasis on data dissemination and

communication.Post 18th amendment Education, Health,

Population Welfare, women development and Agriculture are provincial subjects – no proper data collection strategies at provincial level.

Challenges/Constraints in Data Flow

RecommendationsLegislation and effective implementation of law for gender statistics is

required.Improved coordination and linkages amongst Planning, Finance and

PBS.Capacity building of producers and users in data analysis and

utilization.User friendly data dissemination. Regular interaction between users and producers for feedback and

utilization of data.Demand for evidence based policy making needs to be created.Introduction of methodologies and data collection tools for improved

qualitative research in gender specific issues.Opportunities exist at provincial and national level to connect data

collection, policy development under the new economic growth strategy.

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