TASKS, METHODLOGY AND STRUCTURE FOR TRAINING IN

GENDER STATISTICS ( Indian perspective)

Dr. SWARAJ K. Nath

Consultant-Statistics

(Former DG, CSO, India)

LINKS

PARTNERS

• GENDER STATISTICIANS

• GENDER SPECIALISTS

• GENDER ECONOMISTS

BUILDING BLOCKS• Beijing PFA and FOLLOW UP• Bhutan Forward Moving Strategy • CEDAW and CEDAW indicators• NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION• SAARC SOCIAL INDICATORS• INDICATORS FOR SDI• GENDER DATABASE• NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM

HOW TO GO ABOUT

• Paradigm to

Tasks

•Methodology

•Structure

PARADIGM

• MINDSET-MENTAL REPRESENTATION

• THE WAY WE SEE THE WORLD

PARADIGM SHIFT

“a change from an inadequate way of

seeing the world to one that is more complete & useful”

FIRST TASK To make them understood about breaking of old patterns of seeing &

looking at a breakthrough

TASKS • Expansibility through conceptualizing

paradigm shift• Understanding various gender promotion

activities- physical / Legal / Policy changes• Identify tangible and intangible problem-

areas• Conceptualisation of Gender statistics• How to produce reliable Gender Statistics

• What is Gender-sensitive presentation

• How to make Gender-sensitive analysis

METHODOLOGY(DON’T GO BY CONVENTIONAL APPROACH)

– Class room lecture with SLP lessons– Alternatives to Class room lectures– Go by the stories of “Grand ma”– Evidence based examples of social problems

arising due to non-engendering of surveys– Examples on misuse of Survey Statistics

( Per capita consumption of female headed household is higher ? Female WPR is higher in rural sector )

STRUCTURE

Related to the Tasks already stated Related to Target audience

Basic structure may include: • Concept of gender and sex. • Status of women in the society in terms of

gender equity • Paradigm and paradigm shifts and

issues on mainstreaming gender•  

STRUCTURE- CONTD.• Beijing Platform of Actions , Legal and constitutional safeguards against women• Discussions on monitised economy and production boundary of SNA without any concern of Gender; • Role of Time Use Survey for measuring gender responsive data. •  CEDAW recommendations and country status in terms of availability of data•  Engendering Statistics and Statistical surveys.• Measuring indicators on Gender issues

Thanking You