Demographic and Social Statistics

The 18th IAEG-GS Meeting will be held virtually from 3 to 5 December 2024. The meeting, which is closed and by invitation only, will be attended by gender statistics experts representing international, regional, and national institutions that are part of the IAEG-GS. The Meeting will: (a) review progress in the implementation of the mandate on integrating a gender perspective into the work of the Statistical Commission.; (b) showcase innovative initiatives in gender statistics for improved assessment of the status of women and girls in select countries, regional commissions and international agencies; be appraised of progress made on methodological work on violence against women; (c) advance understanding of the gender dimension, and its measurement challenges, in the fields of care and wellbeing, building on the Pact of the Future, including in the context of Beyond GDP and the Global Digital Compact; learn about the Friends of the Chair (FoC) Group on Social and Demographic Statistics, the work towards a conceptual framework, and its key building blocks; and report on agreed 2024 activities, draw conclusions of this meeting and agree activities for 2025, including the 10GFGS.

• Agenda
• Report

• Day 1, 3 December 2024
• Session 1. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into the work of the Statistical Commission  
• A) Review of progress
• Mainstreaming a gender perspective into the work of the UN Statistical Commission   pdf  55SC Highlights
• Guidelines for mainstreaming the gender perspective in statistical production   pdf
• Gender-related activities for business and trade statistics within UNCEBTS   pdf
• B) Gender and climate change statistics   pdf
• EG-ECCS Integrating the gender perspective into the Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators   pdf
• Measuring the gender-climate nexus in Asia and the Pacific   pdf
• Measuring Gender-Climate Change Statistics:The Philippine Experience   pdf
• Gender Perspective into Climate Change Statistics   pdf
• Day 2, 4 December 2024
• Session 2. Initiatives to strengthen gender statistics
• A) How are gender statistics integrated within national statistical data systems? - Countries in focus
• Georgia country experience on Gender Equality Indicators for Municipalities   pdf
• Integrating gender in the NPHC 2024   pdf
• Brazil on how geospatial information can strengthen gender statistics   pdf
• B) Updates from Regional Commissions and custodian agencies
• Gender Data Outlook 2024: Unlocking Capacity, Driving Change   pdf
• ESCWA's support to member states in gender statistics   pdf
• Strengthening Gender Statistics (SGS)   pdf
• Session 3. Topics in focus
• A) Statistics on violence against women
• Technology-facilitated Violence Against Women   pdf
• Global, regional and national prevalence estimates on intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence   pdf
• Statistics on work-related violence and harassment   pdf
• Day 3, 5 December 2024
• B) Care statistics
• Measuring care   pdf
• Statistical standards on care work - Background, progress, next steps   pdf
• Gender statistics - It is Time to care   pdf
• Conceptualizing and measuring the care economy in Canada   pdf
• Session 4. Pact for the Future and gender statistics
• Beyond GDP and the Friends of the Chair Group on Social and Demographic Statistics   pdf
• Measuring well-being outcomes by gender   pdf
• The Italian experience in the MHI - First results in a gender perspective   pdf
• Session 5: Conclusions of the 18th meeting and way forward
• Conclusions and agreements of the 18th meeting   pdf