Knowledge Management of Gender Statistics in MDG-based Poverty Reduction Strategies

IA and EGM on Gender and Statistics

12-14 December 2006, New York

The United Nations Development Fund for Women

• What is knowledge management?• Gender and MDG-based Poverty

Reduction Strategies: 5 Pilot Projects• Project Outcome Indicators on gender

analysis and sex-disaggregated data• In retrospect, what can we learn for the

development of knowledge management strategies?

“Knowledge management can be thought of as the deliberate design of processes, tools, structures, etc. with the intent to increase, renew, share, or improve the use of knowledge represented in any of the three elements [Structural, Human and Social] of intellectual capital.”

--Seemann, et.al. (1999) as quoted by Haggie and Kingston (2003), J of Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management

KM Strategy?

Is there a knowledge management strategy that we can learn from the pilot projects on Gender and MDGs?

We try to answer this in retrospect and from the armchair.

KM Strategy?

Is there an ideal combination of the

“cognitive approach” - knowledge that can be expressed and codified

“community approach” - knowledge is socially constructed and is managed by encouraging the sharing of experiences and ideas

?

Gender and MDGs Project

Link to policy

through MDGs and PRS

Institutional collaboration

among UNDP, UNCT, national partners

Advocacy processes and reporting and monitoring

reflect gender equality dimensions

Gender and MDGs Project

Outcome 2: Incorporate gender-responsive analysis and strategies in MDG reporting and monitoring

• Increased use of analysis of quantitative and qualitative data (indicator 7)

• Increased sex-disaggregated data and information on data gaps readily available in existing databases and websites (indicator 9)

Morocco: The indicators were used by the UN system, especially in the CCA/UNDAF (2007-2011) and individual UN agencies use the national MDG report to assess the relevance of their country programme to gender equality.

Kyrgyzstan: Gender Monitoring Mechanism with harmonized indicators with interest to use this for CEDAW and Beijing, and PRS reporting

Results on Indicator 7

Cambodia: Included domestic violence as an indicator under MDG3; inclusion of social and legal protection of unemployed workers (MFA Phase-Out) in the NDSP

Kenya: “A Fair Share for Women in Kenya” publication; some input into the Gender Needs Assessment and Costing exercises of the Millenium Project

Peru: Training for groups of women to propose and use indicators; commissioned studies

Results on Indicator 9

Morocco: Integrate 69 indicators and 27 targets into the UN's DEVINFO Morocco database

Kyrgyzstan: Significant gaps remain in data for tracking progress but National Statistical Committee is committed to improve data by sex and it produced a publication on men and women in Kyrgyzstan; sector-specific booklets on gender dimensions of the MDGs working with gender focal points of relevant ministries

Results on Data by Sex

Cambodia: Translation of briefing kit into Khmer to increase accessibility of data and statistics; UNDP and UNFPA to update Cambodia Gender Assessment

Kenya: Produced data at the local level

Peru: Dissemination of “Millenium Goals and Gender Equality: The Case of Peru” published by ECLAC

Results on Data by Sex

• Not so much “why gender” but “how is gender linked to...”

• sub-national datasets; local languages

• Materials are not only produced but the journalists also receive gender training

Selling the idea

content localisation

Targeted media and trained media

Lessons for KM Strategy

• Making the data accessible– Also means avoiding jargon, i.e.

Formulate using professional terms and ensuring that average user can understand and use them

• Combined with analysis and similar documents

• Depends on public access to internet

e-knowledge

Lessons for KM Strategy

Lessons for KM Strategy

• National statistical offices with highest levels of administration with national women's machineries and gender focal points

• UN Country Teams and Gender Theme Groups; donors and funders

• Women's rights advocates; NGOs

What are the institutional arrangements?

Links to the decision makers

Statistical systems exist in a specific development context.

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