Demographic and Social Statistics

Meetings


Overview

Organized jointly by the NBS and UNSD, the workshop aims to strengthen national capacities to regularly collect, produce, and disseminate high-quality, comparable gender data. By adopting innovative solutions and implementing UN statistical standards, participating countries will be better equipped to inform and monitor gender equality policies and the SDGs. The workshop program encompasses presentations on traditional and emerging topics, covering conceptual and methodological issues, data sources, collection and compilation and data dissemination and use. Additionally, the sessions will provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer exchange and round-table discussions.


Main documents


Agenda

  • Day 1, 28 July 2026
    • Opening Ceremony
      • Chair: Mr. Xiao Xingzhi, Director-General, Department of Social, Science and Technology, and Cultural Statistics, NBS
      • Remarks by Ms. Ruan Jianhong, Deputy Commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS)
      • Remarks by Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, Chief of the Social and Gender Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
    • Session 1: Introduction to gender statistics
      • Chair: Ms. Iliana Vaca Trigo, UNSD
      • Introduction to gender statistics
        • Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, Chief of the Social and Gender Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)   pdf
      • Regional perspectives on mainstreaming gender in official statistics in Asia and the Pacific
        • Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director of the Statistics Division, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)   pdf
      • Country experience: Mainstreaming gender perspective in statistics to support policy-making and data use
        • Georgia's Experience in Gender Statistics
          • Mr. Paata Shavishvili, Deputy Executive Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia   pdf
    • Session 2: Gender perspective in data sources and intersectional analysis
      • Chair: Ms. Rachael Beaven, ESCAP
      • Gender in International Standards
        • Ms. Iliana Vaca Trigo, Statistician, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)   pdf
      • Strengthening gender statistics through administrative data, citizen data, geospatial information, and other non-traditional data sources
        • Ms. Tsz Yu Chang, Consultant, UN Women   pdf
      • Civil registration, vital statistics and gender statistics
        • Mr. Romesh Silva, Senior Technical Specialist, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)   pdf
      • Country experiences:
        • Indonesia Country Experience: Gender Perspective In Data Sources And Intersectional Analysis
          • Mr. Budi Setiawan, Director, Directorate of Social Welfare Statistics, BPS-Statistics Indonesia   pdf
        • The Power of Data Linkage : Advancing Gender Statistics in Korea
          • Ms. Seo Young Kim, Director, Ministry of Data and Statistics   pdf
    • Session 3: Gender Indicators and Indices
      • Chair: Ms. Monica Madrid, UNSD
      • Overview of gender indicators
        • Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, Chief of the Social and Gender Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)   pdf
      • Monitoring gender equality through SDG gender indicators and indices
        • Ms. Tsz Yu Chang, Consultant, UN Women   pdf
      • Deep dive: Technical discussion on selected indicators
        • Indicators on violence against women and girls: Data and measurement
          • Ms. LynnMarie Sardinha, Technical Officer, World Health Organization   pdf
        • Making everyone count: Advancing gender equality and women's empowerment through inclusive CRVS systems
          • Mr. Romesh Silva, Senior Technical Specialist, United Nations Population Fund   pdf
        • Gender Composite Indices
          • Ms. Yanchun Zhang, Chief Statistician, United Nations Development Programme   pdf
      • Country experiences:
        • Gender Indicators and Sustainable Development Goals: Kazakhstan
          • Ms. Ainur Dossanova, Director of Department, Bureau of national statistics of Agency for Strategic planning and reforms   pdf
        • Gender Indicators and Indices in Bangladesh
          • Mr. Md Quamrul Ahsan Talukder, Deputy Secretary Statistics and Informatics Division, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)   pdf

  • Day 2, 29 July 2026
    • Session 4: In Focus - Gender Statistics in China
      • Chair: Ms. Feng Yilin, NBS
      • Introduction to Gender Statistics from the Perspective of Big Data in China
        • Ms. Song Shaoying, Deputy Director-General, Survey Office of the National Bureau of Statistics in Zhejiang / Deputy, United Nations Global Hub on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics (UNBDC)   pdf
      • Status and Perspectives of Gender statistics in China
        • Ms. Zhao Lijing, Director, Department of Social, Science and Technology, and Cultural Statistics, NBS   pdf
    • Session 5: The potential of time-use data for gender statistics
      • Chair: Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, UNSD
      • The potential oftime-use datafor gender statistics
        • Ms. Iliana Vaca Trigo, Statistician, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)   pdf
      • Country experiences:
        • The Potential of Time Use Datafor Gender Statistics: The Case of Morocco
          • Ms. Sanaa Drissi El Bouzaidi, Head of the Socioeconomic Houshold Surveys Unit, High Commissioner for Planning   pdf
        • Time-use Survey In Indonesia
          • Mr. Budi Setiawan, Director, Directorate of Social Welfare Statistics, BPS-Statistics Indonesia   pdf
        • Time-Use Data and Gender Statistics, Sharing the Korean Experience: Time-Use Data
          • Ms. Seo Young Kim, Director, Ministry of Data and Statistics   pdf
        • Time-use statistics for gender analysis: Mexico's ENUT 2024 experience
          • Ms. Teresa de Jesus Cruz Apanco, Director Of Information And Differential And Intersectional Studies, National Institute Of Statistics And Geography (INEGI)   pdf
        • China
          • Ms. Chen Yili, Deputy Director, Department of Social, Science and Technology, and Cultural Statistics, NBS   pdf
    • Session 6: Gender perspectives and statistics on children
      • Chair: Ms. LynnMarie Sardinha, WHO
      • Violence against Children, Children with disabilities
        • Mr. Ranto Ramananjato, Data & Analytics Manager, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office   pdf
      • Statistics that Matter: Advancing Rights, Justice, and Opportunities for All
        • Ms. Tsz Yu Chang, Consultant, UN Women   pdf
      • Country experiences:
        • Gender and Childhood in Morocco
          • Ms. Sanaa Drissi El Bouzaidi, Head of the Socioeconomic Houshold Surveys Unit, High Commissioner for Planning   pdf
        • China
          • Ms. Wen Xin, Senior Programme Officer, Department of Social, Sciences, Technology and Cultural Statistics, NBS   pdf
    • Session 7: Dissemination, communication and use of gender data
      • Chair: Ms. Yanchun Zhang, UNDP
      • Dissemination, communication and use of gender data: Approaches and good practices in disseminating and communicating gender statistics
        • Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director of the Statistics Division, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); Ms. Tsz Yu Chang, Consultant, UN Women   pdf
      • Country experiences:
        • Dissemination, Communication and Use of Gender Data in Bangladesh
          • Mr. Md Quamrul Ahsan Talukder, Deputy Secretary Statistics and Informatics Division, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)   pdf
        • Dissemination, communication and use of gender data in Morocco
          • Ms. Sanaa Drissi El Bouzaidi, Head of the Socioeconomic Houshold Surveys Unit, High Commissioner for Planning   pdf
        • Dissemination, Communication and Use of Gender Data: Georgia's Experience
          • Mr. Paata Shavishvili, Deputy Executive Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia   pdf

  • Day 3, 30 July 2026
    • Session 8: Gender and business and trade statistics
      • Chair: Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, UNSD
      • Progress on mainstreaming gender in business and trade statistics
        • Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, Chief of the Social and Gender Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)   pdf
      • Country experiences:
        • Gender in Trade Assessment in Georgia
          • Mr. Paata Shavishvili, Deputy Executive Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia   pdf
    • Session 9: Gender data and climate change
      • Chair: Ms. Rachael Beaven, ESCAP
      • From Recognition to Integration: Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Climate Change Statistics
        • Ms. Monica Madrid, Consultant, UNSD   pdf
      • Gender and environment statistics: Climate change and beyond
        • Ms. Tsz Yu Chang, Consultant, UN Women   pdf
      • Country experiences:
        • Experiencing from Bangladesh Gender and Environment Survey (BGES) 2025
          • Mr. Md Quamrul Ahsan Talukder, Deputy Secretary Statistics and Informatics Division, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)   pdf
        • Tanzania Gender and Environment Survey 2025
          • Mr. Philbert Mrema, Senior Social Welfare Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania   pdf
    • Final Recap and Evaluation pdf
    • Closing Ceremony
      • Chair: NBS
      • Remarks by Ms. Maria Isabel Cobos, Chief of the Social and Gender Statistics Section, UNSD
      • Remarks by Ms. Feng Yilin, Deputy Director-General, Department of Social, Science and Technology, and Cultural Statistics, NBS

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