Programme
Measuring what we value - gender statistics for an informed care economy
Statistics South Africa will host the 9th United Nations Global Forum on Gender Statistics in Johannesburg, South Africa from 29 to 31 August 2023. The event will take place in the Bill Gallagher Room, Sandton Convention Centre.
The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) will hold its 17th meeting (closed and by invitation only) on 28 August 2023, before the Global Forum.
Master of ceremonies:
Mr. Solly Molayi, Chief Director, Social Statistics, Statistics South AfricaRegistration
Please bring a photo identification and make your way to the lobby of the Bill Gallagher Room, where the organising team will deliver your name badge. This may take a while, so you are encouraged to arrive to the Sandton Convention Centre well ahead of time.
- Tuesday, 29 August 2023 08:30 - 09:00 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Welcome and opening remarks
The opening session establishes the Forum's context and objectives, highlighting challenges and opportunities in producing and using gender statistics, emphasizing the care economy's impact on gender equality, advocating gender integration in statistical processes, leveraging existing data for effective policies, and showcasing African gender statistical best practices.
- Tuesday, 29 August 2023 09:00 - 09:45 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. Yandiswa Mpetsheni, Statistics South Africa - Deputy Director-General: South African National Statistics System
Speakers:
Mr. Innocent Modisaotsile, Officer in Charge of Country Office for South Africa, and Interim Country Director for Botswana and Eswatini, United Nations Population Fund
Mr. Stefan Schweinfest (virtual), Director, United Nations Statistics Division
Mr. Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, Statistics South Africa
Keynote speaker: Care in a changing world
- Tuesday, 29 August 2023 09:45 - 10:30 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Speakers:
Mr. Itiseng Kenneth Morolong, Deputy Minister in the Presidency, South Africa
High-level panel A: Measuring and valuing what matters to people and the planet: “Is Care what we care about?”
Knowing that most of the care work worldwide is unpaid and done by women and girls, perpetuating economic inequality between genders, panelists will provide insight into how, from their institutions, they are measuring and valuing care. The panel will also reflect on the need to improve data and statistics on non-market services and care to complement traditional measures of progress like GDP as per the UN Secretary General’s call for broad shifts in measuring prosperity and progress presented in his report Our Common Agenda. (SDGs: SDG 1, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 17)
- Tuesday, 29 August 2023 11:00 - 12:30 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. Francesca Grum, Assistant Director, and Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division
Speakers:
Dr. Graciela Márquez, President of the Governing Board of INEGI, Mexico and co-chair of the Friends of the Chair group on social and demographic statistics
Ms. Ranji Reddy, Chief Director of Research, Policy and Knowledge Management, Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, South Africa
Mr. Steven MacFeely (virtual), Director of Data and Analytics, World Health Organization
Ms. Ito Peng, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, and Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy
Session I: Gender equality and the care economy
The session will present national and international experiences on the production of data necessary for the design of public care policies and the challenges to producing them. Many countries have calculated the monetary value of unpaid household service work, using time-use data to complement their national gross domestic product. (SDGs: SDG 1, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 17)
- Tuesday, 29 August 2023 13:30 - 15:00 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. Lucia Scuro, Social Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Speakers:
Ms. Maria Payet, Senior Statistician, International Labour Organization Office in Pretoria
Ms. Patricia Houle, Time-use survey manager and Care Economy Project Leader, Statistics Canada
Mr. Manuel Pava, Specialized professional, DANE Colombia
Ms. Yattou Ait Khellou, Head of the Methodology and Studies Division, National Accounts Directorate, Office of the High Commissioner for Planning, Morocco
Session II: Women's invisible work - Measuring gender equality in time-use and unpaid domestic and care work
Recognizing the increased uses of time-use data particularly to measure gender equality, unpaid household service work, well-being, and the care economy, this session will present the latest international guidelines to produce time-use data using light solutions/instruments and modern technology as well as national experiences in compiling and disseminating time-use statistics and measuring unpaid household service work. (SDGs: SDG 1, SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG 10, SDG 17)
- Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:30 - 17:00 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. Samantha Watson, Labour Statistician, International Labour Organization
Speakers:
Ms. Iliana Vaca Trigo, Statistician, United Nations Statistics Division
Mr. Mamadou Ngalgou Kane, Director of Economic statistics and National accounts, Agence nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Senegal
Ms. Dulamjav Altangerel (virtual), Statistician, National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Ms. Lauren Pandolfelli, Statistics Specialist, United Nations Children's Fund
Master of ceremonies:
Mr. Solly Molayi, Chief Director, Social Statistics, Statistics South AfricaSession III: Gender mainstreaming efforts in National Statistical Systems building on existing initiatives and available data and processes: “Making the best of what we have”
Mainstreaming a gender perspective in statistics means that gender concerns and gender-based biases are systematically taken into account in the production of all official statistics and at all stages of data production. Mainstreaming a gender perspective in the national statistical system leads to more efficient coverage of gender issues and better coordination among data collection programmes in producing gender statistics. The session will present the results of a global survey on national gender statistics programmes conducted in 2022. It will also highlight enabling factors to successfully mainstream gender into statistics as well as practices that efficiently and effectively use available data to close gender data gaps in all areas of sustainable development. (SDGs: SDG 5, SDG 17)
- Wednesday, 30 August 2023 09:00 - 10:15 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Mr. Andres Vikat, Chief, Social and Demographic Statistics Section, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Speakers:
Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, Statistician, United Nations Statistics Division
Ms. Jessamyn Encarnacion, Inter-Regional Advisor on Gender Statistics, Women Count Programme, UN Women
Ms. Maria Isabel Ibañez Browne, Head of the Gender Statistics Subdepartment, National Statistics Institute of Chile
Session IV: Gender mainstreaming in official statistics: going beyond traditional areas
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are recognized as prerequisites to realizing sustainable development and are integrated across the various Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda. The reaffirmation of the central role of gender equality in the achievement of sustainable development for all makes it a cross-cutting principle. Therefore, going beyond traditional areas of gender concern and applying a gender lens to the production, analysis dissemination, and utilization of all official statistics, across the diverse SDGs thematic areas, become vital for gender-responsive programming. The session will bring together national ongoing efforts to include a gender lens into climate change and trade statistics. (SDGs: SDG 5, SDG 13, SDG 17)
- Wednesday, 30 August 2023 10:45 - 12:30 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
a: Gender and trade statistics
Chair:
Ms. Nadia Hasham, Trade Policy Expert, African Trade Policy Centre, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Speakers:
Mr. Stanley Wambua, Head of Gender Statistics, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics; Mr. Alex Olando Muhanji, Assistant Manager, Statistics, Analysis & Reporting, Kenya Revenue Authority
Mr. Gogita Todradze, Executive Director of the National Statistics office of Georgia
b: Gender and environment statistics
Chair:
Ms. Sara Duerto Valero, Regional Advisor on Gender Statistics, UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Speakers:
Ms. Lupe Tupou, Principal Statistician, Tonga Statistics Department
Ms. Gayatri Ramnath, Data Use and Engagement Manager, International Women’s Development Agency
Session V: Innovations to close gender data gaps
The session will present current practices to close gender data gaps including by integrating traditional and non-traditional data sources through technical innovations and improved collaborations among data producers. Geospatial information systems, citizens' generated data, and other data will be highlighted as key elements to improve the availability of gender data. (SDGs: SDG 5, SDG 17)
- Wednesday, 30 August 2023 13:30 - 15:00 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. Francesca Grum, Assistant Director, and Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division
Speakers:
Ms. Shaida Badiee (virtual), Managing Director, Open Data Watch
Ms. Katja Branger, Senior Statistician, Swiss Federal Statistical Office
Ms. Adriana Oropeza, Director of Technical Coordination, Vice-presidency of Sociodemographic Statistics, INEGI, Mexico
Ms. Elena Kukharevich, First Deputy Chairperson, National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Mr. Philip Crehan (virtual), Founder and Principal Investigator, Eolas Consulting
Session VI: Violence against women and girls
Violence against women and girls continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, peace as well as to the fulfilment of women and girls’ human rights. The session will focus on national and international efforts to systematically collect, analyse and disseminate data on all forms of violence against women and girls. In particular, attention will be drawn to country practices to improve data availability for certain marginalized groups, including women beyond reproductive age and women living with disabilities, as well as migrant and indigenous women. (SDGs: SDG 5, SDG 16)
- Wednesday, 30 August 2023 15:30 - 17:15 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. LynnMarie Sardinha, Technical Officer, Violence Against Women Data and Research, World Health Organization
Speakers:
Ms. Nehaya Salhab, Director of Gender Statistics Department, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Ms. Marjut Pietiläinen, Senior Researcher, Statistics Finland
Ms. Angela Me (virtual), Chief Research and Trend Analysis Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Mr. Solly Molayi, Chief Director, Social Statistics, Statistics South Africa
Ms. Diana Byanjeru, Senior Statistician, Uganda Bureau of Statistics
Master of ceremonies:
Mr. Solly Molayi, Chief Director, Social Statistics, Statistics South AfricaSession VII: Legal identity for all, to achieve gender equality – Interregional dialogue
In countries where gender inequalities are most prevalent, lack of legal identity further marginalizes women and hampers progress toward gender equality. Ensuring legal identity for all, underpinned by access to birth, marriage and death registration across the life course, is a crucial layer of protection against social exclusion. Civil registration is also a crucial data source for sex-disaggregated vital statistics. The session will focus on countries experiences on the establishment and maintenance of civil registration and identity management from birth to death and efforts to ensure interoperability in accordance with international standards and in compliance with a human rights approach. (SDGs: SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 16)
- Thursday, 31 August 2023 09:00 - 11:00 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Priscilla Idele, Chief, Population and Development Branch, United Nations Population Fund
Speakers:
Ms. Amlan Odette Semevo, Demographic Engineer, National Institute of Statistics and Demography of Benin
Ms. Tulimeke Munyika, Director, National Population Register, Identification and Production, Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Namibia
Ms. Sharita Serrao, Statistician, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Mr. Phetsavanh Boutlasy (virtual), Deputy Director General of Social Statistics Office, Statistics Bureau, Lao PDR
Mr. Charles Nsimbi, Head of Marriage Registration, Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Session VIII: Gender Statistics in Africa
The session will discuss gender statistics programmes in select countries and current priorities and challenges of the regional African programme on gender statistics. (SDGs: SDG 5)
- Thursday, 31 August 2023 11:30 - 13:00 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. Fatouma Sissoko, Statistician, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Speakers:
Mr. Lehlohonolo Leslie Takalimane, Senior Statistician, Lesotho Bureau of Statistics
Ms. Doria Deza, Director of Social and Household Statistics, National Institute of Statistics of Côte d'Ivoire
Ms. Desiree Manamela, Chief Director Labour Statistics, Statistics South Africa
Mr. Tinashe Mwadiwa, Manager of Social Statistics, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency
High-level panel B: From data to evidence-based policy
The objective of this high-level panel discussion is to explore innovative methods, identify obstacles, and share success stories demonstrating the critical link between data-driven decision-making and significant policy development. This session will be an opportunity for senior experts to convene and exchange their experiences, knowledge, and ideas on leveraging data to promote gender equality in Africa by promoting the use of data as a tool for informed decision-making. (SDGs: SDG 5, SDG 17)
- Thursday, 31 August 2023 14:30 - 16:00 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Chair:
Ms. Isabella Schmidt, UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Office
Speakers:
Mr. Risenga Maluleke, Statistician General, Statistics South Africa
Advocate Mikateko Joyce Maluleke, Director-General of Department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities, South Africa
Ms. Prudence Nonkululeko Ngwenya, Director of the Women, Gender and Youth, African Union Commission
Ms. Leila Ben Ali, Acting Executive Director for STATAFRIC
Conclusions and closing remarks
- Thursday, 31 August 2023 16:00 - 16:30 South African Standard Time Bill Gallagher Room
Speakers:
Ms. Yandiswa Mpetsheni, Statistics South Africa – Deputy Director-General: South African National Statistics System
Ms. Francesca Grum, Assistant Director, and Chief of the Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division
Fourth Joint AfDB-ECA Regional Workshop on Africa Gender Index 2023 (AGI 2023): Intercountry Data Validation and Index Calculation
The Africa Gender Index (AGI) is a composite index jointly developed by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). It is intended to, among other things, gauge how women are faring compared to men in three dimensions of human wellbeing-economic, social, and empowerment (political and institutional representation).
This Fourth Regional Workshop on the Africa Gender Index 2023 will bring together members of the AGI technical team, including gender statisticians from 54 national statistical offices, gender experts from ministries responsible for gender and women's affairs as well as gender and statistics experts from the Bank, ECA, UN Women and other development partners. The workshop will introduce the AGI calculation and provide a platform to review and validate country data.
- Wednesday, 30 August 2023 17:00 - 18:00 South African Standard Time Boardroom 123
Organizers:
African Development Bank Group & United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Agenda:
The provisional agenda is available here.
Registration
Please note that the venue only allows a limited number of participants. To secure a space in this event please RSVP via here.
Strengthened Marriage Registration as a Tool for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
The objectives of this session are to provide a brief overview of the global landscape on marriage and divorce registration and to review recent experiences, innovations and lessons in marriage registration system strengthening from Uganda, Indonesia and Guatemala. To prove marriage and divorce shape the lives of individuals, families and society at-large and play a particularly significant role in the ability of women and girls to claim their fundamental rights and access relevant services. Yet, despite the recognition of official marriage registration and divorce registration within international human rights conventions for more than 58 years, in practice they are often neglected.
- Thursday, 31 August 2023 07:00 - 08:30 South African Standard Time Boardroom 123
Organizers:
United Nations Population Fund & Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems
Agenda:
The provisional agenda is available here.
Registration
Please note that the venue only allows a limited number of participants. To secure a space in this event please RSVP via coe-crvs@unfpa.org.