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Integrating Human Rights and Statistics
Some perspectives from South Africa
The present and future statistical opportunities and challenges will not be met unless…
we change the way we think we organise and structure we do
Two catalysts to using a human rights based approach to data …• Move from survey based organisational structure to statistical
themes. • Establish a special statistical unit that specifically looks at marginalised
and vulnerable populations i.e. gender and vulnerable group (elderly, youth, disabled, children) statistics. Most NSO’s already have migration units.
FROM SURVEYS TO STATISTICAL THEMES
Victims of Crime Survey
Domestic Tourism Survey
General Household
Survey
Governance, Public Safety
& JusticeEducation Service
Delivery
Gender and Vulnerable
GroupsTourism
Why was this important?• Increased participation, transparency and inclusion of other Government sectors and civil society
in statistical processes and vice versa.
• Better communication and greater understanding of the users and their policy, strategic and planning imperatives leads to more appropriate and accessible publications and dissemination to a wider range of stakeholders.
• Work begins to transcend household surveys into all collections related to that statistical theme.
• A focal point for gender and vulnerable group statistics: Consolidates knowledge and information on the theme and highlights the importance of cross-cutting inclusion. Acts as an enabler for disaggregation friendly survey instruments and statistical publications.
FROM SURVEYS TO STATISTICAL THEMES
Victims of Crime Survey
Domestic Tourism Survey
General Household
Survey
Governance, Public Safety
& JusticeEducation Service
Delivery
Gender and Vulnerable
GroupsTourism
Focal point
Why measure Human Rights?South Africa is a signatory of
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights• International covenant on Economic
Social and Cultural rights (signed 1994, ratified 2015)
• International covenant on civil and political rights (signed 1994, ratified 1998) and additional protocols
• At least 25 other aligned conventions and protocols
Need analysis
Develop-ment and
testingAnalyse Disse-
minate Evaluate
InputStatistical Process: Governed by the Statistics Act no 6. of 1999;
South African Statistical Quality Assurance Framework; Policies and Standards
Output
Other projects
Resour-ces
Planning documents and
stakeholder requirements
Specifications and reports
Stake-holders
Strategy
Environ-ment
Survey tools, programs
and systems
Design and plan
Keep and update metadata
Run programs for analysis
Creation of derived
variables
Finalise outputs for analysis
Review of literature
Advocacy and small group meetings
Survey instruments
Tabulation plan
Identify data items
Develop/Revise Manual
Editing system
Monitor use of survey tools
Research
Methodology
Processing systems specs.
Develop/revise survey
tools
Printing of questionnaires
Testing and review of survey
tools
Develop/Revise project
plans
Develop/revise
automated editing and imputation
system
Monitor training
Statistical Value Chain: GPS&J Survey
Editing and im-putation
Develop editing and imputation
programs
Quality assuran-
ce
Develop programs for
analysis
Interpret data and write narrative
report
Verification and validation
Produce products for
dissemination
Media release
Manage and attend to user
enquiries
Evaluate data quality and present to
Survey operations
Lessons learnt
Stakeholder and internal review
Edited data
Releases and reports
Evaluation reports
Finalise metadata
Develop metadata
Archivedocument
Accountability Transparency
Privacy
Stakeholder consultation:
Govt, academics, civil society; Int.
agencies
HRC on data requirements
ICESCR, DSD on CRPD, CGE on
the AGDI
Mapping of data systems
Participation
Transparency
Human Rights specific content of Governance, Public Safety and Justice questionnaire (measured every two years)
Disaggregation and self-identification
• Sex, age, ethnicity, migration, disability, religion, civil status, income/Living standard measure.
• Ethnicity include an option ‘’Other (specify)’’ which enables self-identification
• The inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity is still being researched. Caveat is sample size for what is currently still a statistical rare event.
Human rights specific questions• Perceptions about women, people’s sexual orientation and
the disabled.• Perceptions and knowledge about human rights, the
constitution and the bill of rights• Perceptions about the most import characteristics of a
democracy as well as the extent to which it is practised in the country.
• General practise, personal experience and reporting behaviour related to discrimination in South Africa (incl at courts).
• Extent to which democratic rights are exercised through voting.
Areas for further growth and improvement?• Establish a system to
systematically guard research ethics
• Increased participation at grass roots level in defining the measurement agenda, supplying data and participation in dissemination processes
