The results of the 2008 NDHS and existing administrative data on entrepreneurship are used to present the monitoring of gender equality in the household and women's economic empowerment done by the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). This paper aims to aid the policy- and decision-makers to implement programs to further promote women's empowerment and gender equality.

Jointly executed by the United Nations Statistics Division and UN Women in collaboration with the FAO, the World Bank and the OECD, the Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) initiative seeks to accelerate existing efforts to generate comparable gender indicators on health, education, employment, entrepreneurship and asset ownership. A primary objective of the EDGE project is to develop methodological guidelines on measuring asset ownership and entrepreneurship from a gender perspective, including piloting the guidelines in selected countries in 2015. The session will present the EDGE methodology, discuss conceptual and operational challenges of collecting data on asset ownership and entrepreneurship at the individual level and provide an update on pilot activities.

The purpose of the paper is to describe the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) which is a survey-based measure of the severity of food insecurity and its methodology was adapted from earlier experiential food security measures by FAO and applied to nationally representative samples through the Voices of the Hungry (VoH) project). FIES has the capability to characterize the profile of food insecurity separately for men and for women as the individual is the unit of analysis. The paper will provide the FIES theoretical basis, its methodology, evolution and how the scale contributes to the measurement of food insecurity and preliminary results from selected countries, focusing on differences between men and women from the implementation of the FIES in the 2013 and 2014 Gallup World Poll® (testing phase and global roll out).

The purpose of this paper is to present the Finnish monitoring model on labour discrimination, which offers a new way to examine the prevalence of discrimination. The development project for the monitoring model started in late 2013 and the report will be published towards the end of 2014. The project is funded by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, and the Ministry of the Interior, and it is conducted by Statistics Finland. The aim is to construct a monitoring model on labour discrimination and on that basis, prepare a report on the topic with the objective of presenting an overall image of the prevalence of labour discrimination, provide information for both decision-making and all people, and increase people's knowledge regarding this phenomenon.

The gender pay gap reflects inequalities that affect mainly women, notably horizontal and vertical segregation of the Jordanian labour market, traditions and stereotypes that influence the choice of education, professions and career paths. A simple indicator is used in this paper to examine trends in gender pay gap - the percentage difference between the average hourly or monthly earnings of women and men employees. In addition, this paper will deal with the famous belief which states that: the most important step in closing the wage gap is to give up the notion that, to be paid fairly, a woman must "make it in a man's world".

The economic crisis, a phenomenon that has been recently affecting several countries all over the world in different ways, has produced drastic changes and has had an impact upon many different aspects of finance and economy, as well as on society and individuals. The paper presents the main features of the phenomenon, highlights, from a gender perspective, the effects that the crisis has produced on women and men's daily life with particular reference to employment and care work. A specific focus is devoted to the analysis of the impact on youth. The study was conducted in the 28 Member States of the European Union and in other States of the world.

In 2013, the United Nations Statistics Division published the Guidelines for Producing Statistics on Violence Against Women: Statistical Surveys ( http://unstats.un.org/unsd/gender/docs/Guidelines_Statistics_VAW.pdf). These guidelines aim to assist countries in assessing the scope, prevalence and incidence of violence against women by use of population-based surveys. The guidelines set out the essential features of surveys to measure violence against women, the steps required to plan, organize and execute these surveys, the concepts that are essential for ensuring the reliable, valid and consistent measurement of women's experience in accordance with core topics, and a plan for data analysis and dissemination. The guidelines cover: the need for statistical sample surveys on violence against women; the related concepts and definitions; questionnaire design, including specific wording of questions on this sensitive topic; survey implementation, including specialized training of interviewers, ethical issues and quality control; guidance on data processing, analysis and dissemination; recommended tabulations; a model questionnaire; and examples of good practice for survey questions. The presentation will give an overview of the guidelines and will focus on the specific features of surveys on violence against women such as ethical issues and specialized interviewer training.

Violence against women (VAW) is a global phenomenon that exists even beyond cultural, geographical, religious, social and economic context. Violence against women is widespread in terms of physical, psychological, sexual and economic aspects. Despite the increased attention to the problem of violence against women, there is still a substantial lack of information and data on the scope and extent of the incident. Detailed data on women’s experiences of violence is needed in order to better understand the phenomenon and to develop targeted policies and measures to prevent and combat violence against women. In conducting the VAW Survey 2011, Bangladesh has become one of the pioneers through the meticulous efforts of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. To maintain international comparability the standard questionnaire recommended by UNSD was customized to fit with the socioeconomic context of Bangladesh. This paper will present methodology and results of the survey.

Two sources of information of crime and victimization have been essential in the gender-based violence analysis: police-reported administrative surveys and the population-based self-report victimization survey. Both complementary national data sources are able to shed light on the nature and extent of violence against women and men, due to their capacity for disaggregation by age and sex. This presentation will provide an understanding of these national data sources, and their evolution over time. The advantages and disadvantages of using population-based survey are discussed, alongside the role and limitations of using administrative police records. Particular emphasis will be placed on the need to continually identify and address data gaps, and to maintain ongoing and extensive engagement with stakeholders and data users.

In 2010, the Government of Zimbabwe commissioned a National Baseline Survey on Life Experiences of Adolescents (NBSLEA). The survey, a part of the multi-country Violence Against Children Survey initiative sought to provide, for the first time, comparable national population-based estimates that describe the magnitude and nature of the problem of abuse experienced by children in Zimbabwe. Through the NBSLEA, Zimbabwe bridged the data gap on violence against children and informed policies and programmes to better protect children.

This paper, based on findings included in the UNODC Global Study on Homicide 2013, discuses intimate partner/family-related homicide as a component of violence against women. UNODC finds that intimate partner and family-related violence disproportionately affects women to the extent that, in some countries, most female victims of homicide are killed by their intimate partners or family members. At global level, almost half of all female homicide victims are killed by these perpetrators, whereas the figure for men is just over 1 in 20 homicide victims. This type of homicide is remarkably stable at global level, varying little year to year. Through the lens of homicide statistics collected at the global level, this paper examines lethal violence perpetrated by intimate partners and family-members.

A trial version of the International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS) was published in 2005 in the Guide to Producing Statistics on Time Use: Measuring Paid and Unpaid Work. In 2012, UNSD organized an Expert Group Meeting to revise and finalize the trial version of ICATUS based on the experiences from countries which adopted/adapted ICATUS for their data collection, tabulation and analysis. During the meeting experts discussed updates of the divisions and groups, as well as the consistency of ICATUS with new international standards among others. ICATUS is currently under revision by a group of experts from National Statistical Offices and international/regional agencies. It will also be reviewed by the Expert Group on International Classifications before it is presented to the Statistical Commission.

The Statistical Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2012 conducted a second time use survey. 33,830 respondents aged 10 years and older participated in the survey. The directory of activities used was developed based on the International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS). The results of the survey can be disaggregated by sex, age, type of settlement (urban / rural), education level and employment status, and represent a vast source of information for analysis in such areas as labor productivity (including the work of women and their contribution to the economy), the construction of the system of national accounts and the calculation of wealth indicators based on the information about leisure activities, among many other uses.

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) conducted the first time-use survey in 2009/2010 as a supplement of the pilot test of the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (Continuous PNAD). The test was conducted in a sub-sample of the Continuous PNAD on five federative states and the total sample consisted of about 12,000 households, applied for a selected household member at least 10 year-old. It was used the time diary instrument (paper and palmtop) and the main references for the Brazilian methodology were the experiences of HETUS (Harmonized European Time Use Survey) and ATUS (American Time Use Survey). The classification of activities was based on the International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics (ICATUS/2005). This paper will present methodology and results of the survey.

The paper will assess the impact of gender in Macroeconomic Policies in Ghana through the valuation of the mean time spent by persons engaged in unpaid household work using the Ghana Time Use Survey conducted in 2009. The survey captured how Ghanaian women and men spend or allocate their time in a 24 -hour period. The survey generated quantitative summaries including, total number of hours in a week spent working in paid employment, total number of hours in a weekday working in unpaid domestic work. The paper will also discuss the contribution of unpaid work to Ghana’s Gross domestic product (GDP) and other macroeconomic indicators, as well as the challenges encountered and the limitations of the data used.

Women’s participation in local level governance structures is an important, but under-researched area. Despite the importance it holds, local government has proven challenging to research in an internationally comparative perspective for two main reasons. First, there is significant diversity in local governance structures. Each country has its own system of local government, sometimes with internally disparate types and forms of local councils, bodies and executive structures. Second, this wide range of governance structures has been difficult to capture with comparable data. There is no repository of systematically-collected, comparable information for each country on women’s participation at the sub-national level. UN Women has therefore been interested in the question, “is it possible to develop a methodology which will enable a more comprehensive understanding of women’s access to, and participation in, local governance institutions, processes and leadership positions?” The intention of the presentation is to seek feedback on a proposed methodology for future development and refinement, and ultimately, data collection.

As per the provisions of Article 243 D of the Constitution, one-third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in Panchayats (local self-Government) at all levels and also those of the Chairpersons are reserved for women. Even some States like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttarakhand have legislated for 50% reservation for women. In Sikkim, reservation for women is 40%. As a result of this initiative, out of about 28 lakh elected members in Panchayats, around 10 lakh are women. The last 15 years of Panchayati Raj in India have seen women go from strength to strength in terms of their political participation.

From earthquakes and tsunami to volcanic eruptions and typhoons, natural disasters have been a regular occurrence throughout Japan’s long history. This experience of disaster has molded our society and continually taught us fresh lessons about how to respond. Today, in the spirit of kaizen – our word for “continuous improvement” – we continue to learn. And in the spirit of global cooperation we are eager to share what we learn. From our most recent tragedy, the disaster of March 11th, 2011 known in Japan as “The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami,” we have gained important new insights into the relationship between gender equality and disaster risk reduction. It must be noted that disaster affects men and women in different ways, it is critical to have the concerns and voices of both genders reflected in disaster planning, response and reconstruction. Further, it is recognized that to build a society with robust disaster resilience, gender equality must be a fundamental value in good times or bad. In this session, we are going to share with you Japan’s experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami from the perspective of the gender statistics.

Since Security Council resolution 1325 was adopted in 2000, women, peace and security issues became a priority topic for the UN system and its Member States involved in conflict and recovery settings. The adoption of the resolution was followed by the design of a set of global indicators to measure progress towards the implementation of the 1325 commitments. These indicators were designed to assess progress achieved by UN organizations, other international agencies and Member States in implementing commitments, help capture good practices and identify gaps and challenges. This paper will look into existing experiences with the compilation of women, peace and security statistics, highlighting lessons learned and remaining challenges. In particular, the paper will examine availability of women, peace and security statistics; comparability of women, peace and security statistics; and challenges in data collection.