Regional Workshop and Meeting on Improving Availability and Coordination Mechanism of Gender Statistics in Africa through: Improved capacity and Strong Gender Data Network and the Development of a minimal Set of Gender Statistics in Africa

Accra, Ghana, 18-23 November 2019

AGENDA

DAY 1 | 18 November 2019

8:30 – 9:00 | Registration of participants

▹ 09:00 - 09:30 | Opening Session

Chair: Ghana Statistical Service

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome Remarks

      • Willliam Muhwava, Chief Demograpic and social statistics section, African Center for Statistics, ECA
      • Papa Seck, Chief Statistician, Policy Division, Research & Data Section, UN-Women
      • Koffi Marc Kouakou, Principal Statistician-Economist, Gender, Women and Civil Society Department, AfDB
      • Shaida Badiee, Managing Director, Open Data Watch and Ms. Eleanor Carey, Senior Technical Manager, Data2X
      • Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service

REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON IMPROVEMENT OF COORDINATION OF GENDER STATISTICS IN AFRICA

▹ 09:30 - 10:00 | Session 1: Objective and introduction

Chair: Ghana Statistical Service

09:30 – 09:45

Objective of the overall meeting and of the regional workshop

Mr. William Muhwava (ECA)

09:45 – 09:50

Adoption of agenda

09:50 – 10:00

Introduction of Participants

All

10:00 – 10:30 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 10:30 - 12:00 | Session 2: Coordination of Gender Statistics by International and Regional Institutions

Chair: Ms. Shaida Badiee (ODW)

10:30 – 10:45

Overview of coordination issues relating to gender statistics in Africa (Global, regional and national)

Ms. Fatouma Sissoko (ECA)

10:45 – 11:45

Efforts deployed by various gender statistics stakeholders to improve coordination at regional and national level

Ms. Michele Seroussi and Ms. Grace Gulere (UN-Women)

Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou (AfDB)

Ms. Fatouma Sissoko (ECA)

Ms. Eleanor Carey (Data2X)

Ms Liliana Suchodolska (PARIS21)

11:45 – 12:00

Discussion

All

▹ 12:00 - 13:00 | Session 3: Coordination of Gender Statistics by National Institutions

Chair: Ms. Grace Bediako

12:00 – 13:00

Presentation on national coordination of gender statistics in respective country

Mr. Garafou Nignan (Burkina Faso)

Mr. Moktar Awaleh (Djibouti)

Mr. Jamel Ait Mouha (Morocco)

Ms. Katia Eusebio (Sao Tome)

Ms. Mahawa Kondeh (Sierra Leone)

Mr. Souradji Fankeba (Togo)

13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch

▹ 14:30 - 16:15 | Session 4: Steps Required for Effective Coordination Mechanism of Gender Statistics at National, Regional and Global Level

Chair: Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou (AfDB)

14:30 – 15:00

Presentation on Standards and Principles for effective Coordination mechanism of gender statistics (legal, institutional and technical)

Ms. Grace Bediako

15:00 – 16:15

Group work on different coordination issues (5 groups on different issues simultaneously)

Output: roadmap for each thematic to be discussed in plenary

All

16:15 – 16:45 | Tea/Coffee Break

DAY 2 | 19 November 2019

▹ 09:00 - 10:30 | Session 5: Finalization of the Roadmap on Coordination of Gender Statistics at National and Regional Level in Africa

Chair: Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou (AfDB)

09:00 – 09:30

Synthesis on group work proposed roadmap

Ms. Grace Bediako

09:30 – 10:30

Discussion and agreement on roadmap (brainstorming session)

All

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 11:00 - 12:30 | Session 5 (Continued): Finalization of the Roadmap on Coordination of Gender Statistics at National and Regional Level in Africa

Chair: Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou (AfDB)

11:00 – 12:30

Conclusion: Agreed roadmap and way forward

Ms. Grace Bediako

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch

EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON GENDER STATISTICS IN AFRICA

▹ 14:00 - 16:00 | Session 1: Gender Data Network: Introduction and country highlights

Chair: Mr. William Muhawa (ECA)

14:00 – 14:10

Introduction of the Expert group meeting

Ms. Fatouma Sissoko (ECA)

14:10 – 14:20

Introduction of the Gender Data Network project

Ms. Eleanor Carey (Data2X)

14:20 – 14:30

Purpose of the meeting

Ms. Meriem Ait Ouyahia (ECA)

14:30 – 16:00

Country highlights

Each country gives a short presentation on what is happening and/or what they are trying to achieve in gender statistics (5 minutes each)

GDN members (15 countries)

16:00 – 16:30 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 16:30 - 17:30 | Session 2: Gender Statistics in Africa: Status and best practices

Chair: Mr. Jamel Ait Mouha (Morocco)

16:30 – 17:00

Presentation of the Gender Statistics in Africa: Progress and Best Practices Report

Ms. Meriem Ait Ouyahia (ECA)

17:00 – 17:30

Discussion on the results and recommendations

All

DAY 3 | 20 November 2019

▹ 09:00 - 10:00 | Session 2 (Continued): Gender Statistics in Africa: Status and best practices

Chair: Mr. Jamel Ait Mouha (Morocco)

09:00 – 09:15

Findings and lessons learned from first regional data compilation on SDG indicator 5.5.1b

Ms. Isabella Schmidt (UN-Women)

09:15 – 09:30

Presentation of Best practices in monitoring statistics on Gender Based Violence Report

Ms. Fatouma Sissoko (ECA)

09:30 – 10:00

Discussion on the results and recommendations

All

10:00 – 10:30 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 10:30 - 12:30 | Session 3: Finding solutions

Chair: Ms. Eleanor Carey (Data2X)

10:30 – 11:30

Group Work

Participants break into groups and each group is given a thematic area to explore

11:30 – 12:30

Reporting back from group work

Each group selects a person to report on the outcomes of the previous day’s breakout session. Discussion with whole group can follow, if necessary

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch

▹ 14:00 - 16:00 | Session 4: Bridging the Data Gap: Gender and Administrative data

Chair: Ghana Statistical Service

14:00 – 14:15

CRVS as a data source for Gender Statistics

Ms. Deirdre Appel (ODW)

14:15 – 14:30

Administrative data as a data source for Gender Statistics

Ms. Isabella Schmidt (UN-Women)

14:30 – 15:30

Presentation of countries experience on administrative data

Ms. Alicia Da Cruz Mota (Cabo verde)

Ms. Rosalie Ndjonkam (Cameroun)

Ms. Gloria Akoto-Bamfo (Ghana)

Ms. Arbia Ferchichi (Tunisia)

Ms. Diana Byanjeru (Uganda)

15:30 – 16:00

Discussion

All

16:00 – 16:30 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 16:30 - 17:30 | Session 4 (continued): Bridging the Data Gap: Gender and Administrative data

Anchor: btg-cp Chair: Ghana Statistical Service

16:30 – 17:00

Presentation of the bridging the gap Study and country profiles

Ms. Shaida Badiee and Ms. Deirdre Appel (ODW)

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17:00 – 17:30

Discussion

All

DAY 4 | 21 November 2019

▹ 09:00 - 10:30 | Session 4 (continued): Bridging the Data Gap: Gender and Administrative data

Chair: Ghana Statistical Service

09:00 – 10:00

Group Work

Through group brainstorming:

      • Identify the data gaps in countries
      • Rank the data gaps by priority
      • Identify and explore innovative solutions to the gaps

10:00 – 10:30

Reporting back on group work

Representatives from the groups present outcomes and whole group continues the discussion to agree on a final prioritized list of potential solutions to address main challenges and data gaps identified

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 11:00 - 12:30 | Session 5: Conclusion and Way forward

Chair: Ms. Shaida Badiee (ODW)

 

11:00 – 11:15

Summary of findings from previous sessions

Ms. Meriem Ait Ouyahia (ECA)

11:15 – 12:30

Discussion on potential activities for the Gender Data Network based on the list of identified solutions

Output: list of prioritized activities

All

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch

▹ 14:00 - 15:00 | Session 5 (Continued): Conclusion and Way forward

Chair: Ms. Shaida Badiee (ODW)

14:00 – 14:45

Discussion on network:

      • How can the GDN be helpful to countries?
      • How to keep it sustainable?
      • Apart from NSO, who else should be involved?

All

14:45 – 15:00

Conclusion and way forward

Ms. Fatouma Sissoko (ECA)

Ms. Eleanor Carey (Data2X)

Ms. Shaida Badiee (ODW)

DAY 5 | 22 November 2019

MINIMUM SET OF GENDER INDICATORS

▹ 09:00 - 11:00 | Session 1: Presentation of the findings of Phase I of the project

Chair: Mr. Papa Seck (UN-Women)

 

09:00 – 09:30

Introduction and background to the study Global set of Gender indicators

Mr. Jamel Ait Mouha (AGGeS chair)

Mr. Papa Seck (UN-Women)

Ms. Fatouma Sissoko (ECA)

09:30 – 10:00

Discussion

All

10:00 – 10:30

Phase I report: Country, UN agencies and other partners’ indicator sets

Ms. Isabella Schmidt (UN-Women)

10:30 – 11:00

Discussion

All

11:00 – 11:30 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 11:30 - 12:30 | Session 1 (Continued): Presentation of the findings of Phase I of the project

Chair: Mr. Papa Seck (UN-Women)

 

11:30 – 12:00

Presentation of draft indicator framework

Ms. Grace Bediako

12:00 – 12:30

Discussion and way forward

Ms. Grace Bediako

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch

▹ 14:00 - 16:00 | Session 2: Small group work MSGIA

Chair: Mr. Papa Seck (UN-Women)

 

14:00 – 16:00

Group work

Participants break into groups and each group is given a domain with indicators to explore and comment on availability of data and metadata

16:00 – 16:30 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 16:00 - 17:30 | Session 2 (continued): Small group work MSGIA

Chair: Mr. Papa Seck (UN-Women)

 

16:30 – 17:30

Group work continues.

DAY 6 | 23 November 2019

▹ 09:00 - 11:00 | Session 2 (Continued): Small group work MSGIA

Chair: Mr. Papa Seck (UN-Women)

 

09:00 – 10:00

Group work continues

Groups working on the same themes come together and integrate their findings. Discussion with whole group can follow, if necessary

10:00 – 11:00

Group work continues

Groups swop domains with indicators to explore and comment on availability of data and metadata

11:00 – 11:30 | Tea/Coffee Break

▹ 11:30 - 12:30 | Session 2 (continued): Small group work MSGIA

Chair: Mr. Papa Seck (UN-Women)

 

11:30 – 12:30

Discussion on how the set will be used and the way forward to finalize the set and get approval from STATCOM-Africa

All

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch

END OF WORKSHOP