Gender mainstreaming in
government policies and statistics
2009 Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Ghana 26-28/01/2009
Dr. Lina Gálvez Muñoz
Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain)
Andalusian Statistical Council
Gender mainstreaming in statistics,
legislation and public policy in Andalusia
1.
Political priority: Recent legislation
2.
Producing and using gender statistics
Triple preassure (Users’ demands):
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2.
3.
Andalusian Economic and Finance Regional Ministry
-Gender budgets
Andalusian Statistical Institute
-Gender mainstreaming in statistical production
/Pablo de Olavide university
Andalusian Women Institute
-Gender mainstreaming in all regional
ministries.
1.-A FIRST STEP: LEGISLATION
Recent legal developments
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Ley 18/2003 de 29 de diciembre de
Medidas Fiscales y Administrativas
modificada por la Ley 3/2004 de 28 de
diciembre (ANDALUSIAN FISCAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW –GENDER
BUDGETS).
ANDALUSIAN STATISTICAL LAW –april
2007 and the approval of the Statiscal plan
2007-2010 where gender mainstreaming is
included for the first time
Ley andaluza para la promoción de la
igualdad entre mujeres y hombres –november
2007 –THE ANDALUSIAN EQUALITY
LAW SPECIFIES THE NECCESSITY OF
INCLUDING GENDER
MAINSTREAMING IN STATISTICAL
PRODUCTION
How important is statistical legislation in
promoting gender statistics?
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It is essential for improving gender
mainstreaming in statistical production
ALTHOUGH, it is really useful when
other legislation creates the actions or
institutions in need for or demanding such
statistics as
Gender budgets
 Gender units
 Public policies gender impact evaluation…
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2.-Triple preassure
1.
2.
3.
Andalusian Economic and Finance
Regional Ministry
Gender budgets
Andalusian Statistical Institute
Gender mainstreaming in statistical
production /Pablo de Olavide
University
Andalusian Woman Institute
Gender units in all regional
ministries and public institutions.
2.1.- Andalusian Economic and Finance Regional Ministry
Gender budgets based on the
FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW –GENDER
BUDGETS (2003)
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A gender sensitive budget is the consequence of the
direct political assumption of taking the equality
principle as an axe of a specific socio-economic model.
Public budgets are not only economic and financial
tools. They are the basic framework to elaborate the
socioeconomic development model of each society
where redistribution mechanisms are included and
policy priorities highlighted.
The Andalusian government follows that goal, both
for the aim of equality, as well as for achieving
economic efficiency…
Recent developments
-2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Andalusian gender budgets
www.juntadeandalucia/ceh.es
- G+ program
G0, G1, G and G+
Basic criteria por G+ program
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Transformation power
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Impact capacity
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Volume of population that could be affected
Functional relevance
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Depending on the degree of responsability to act
Experts’ opinion on the relevance of each action for
disminishing gender inequality
Public human resources impact
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Three groups of actors involved:
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Central planning (gender budget comission)
Each centre’s own perception on the relevance of gender
budget on their own programs
Academia consensus on what needs to be done
Yes
No
g1
g0
Programs affecting people on
an internal –public sector-, or
instrumental way
Programs without or very low
direct and indirect incidence
on people
Relevance
Low
Medium
G
Low impact programs and
reduced tranformation
capacity
High
G+
Programs of great interest for
its transformation capacity,
possible impact for
ameliorating gender equality
and recognised functional
capacity
What is asked to each program?
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g0:
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g1:
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Statistical des-aggregation by sex if there is data production related to people
Actions which affect directly to women and men within the different regional ministries
Analysis of actions directed to people: access to resources and information (Grant schemes, public attention
services, information policies…)
Analysis and information tool adaptation to include sex variable (especially to review and change data
collection, on line applications …)
G
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Statistical des-aggregation by sex if there is data production related to people
Statistical des-aggregation by sex if there is data production related to people
To build up gender relevant indicators
Actions which affect directly to women and men within the different regional ministries
Analysis of actions directed to people: access to ressources and information (Grant schemes, public attention
services, information policies…)
Analysis and information tool adaptation to include sex variable (especially to review and change data
collection, on line applications …)
G+
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Statistical des-aggregation by sex if there is data production related to people
To build up gender relevant indicators
Actions which affect directly to women and men within the different regional ministries
Analysis of actions directed to people: access to ressources and information (Grant schemes, public attention
services, information policies…)
Analysis and information tool adaptation to include sex variable (especially to review and change data
collection, on line applications …)
Defining strategic goals, operations and actions to achieve gender equality within the area of influence of
each program (they are considered engines of change and they need to make explicit long-term goals to fight
gender inequality and define short-term objetives to achieve the long-term goals
Gender maintreaming in the
Andalusian statistical plan 2007-2010
2.2.
General goal
Andalusian statistical plan
2007-2010 based on
2007 Andalusian
Statistical law
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
To include gender perspective in a systemic way in all statistical production and
explotaition including a sex variable with a maximun des-aggregation level and
developing new statistics to fully incorporate gender mainstreaming.
A Commission and a working group of experts have been created to review all
existing statistics in each regional ministry and to design new indicators and
statistics.
Specific objectives of gender mainstreaming
1.
To design specific scales that will allow us to advance in
the measurement of gender relations and gender roles, from
differentiated social behaviors as well as differentiated
perceptions and opinions.
2.
To elaborate indicators oriented to facilitate the erradication
of gender discrimination and to re-define existing indicators
in order to highlight gender inequalities.
3.
To improve the methods used in statistical activities in
order to guarantee that all questionnaires and information
collection proceedings properly show a gender perspective.
2.3.- Gender mainstreaming by the
Andalusian Women Institute
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Andalusian Women Institute created in 1999
In charge of promoting gender mainstreaming
in all regional public policies + gender specific
actions
Since 2007 Law for the promotion of
equality, there are 3 key elements for gender
mainstreaming:
Gendered Strategic Plan
2. Gender units
3. Public policy gender impact evaluation
1.
Andalusian Woman Institute
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Gendered Strategic Plan
Commission for equality between women and men is in charge of
introducing and monitoring gender mainstraming in all regional policies
and departments
 This Commission is composed by high representatives of all regional
departments
 Ellaborating the gender strategic plan for 2009-2011
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Gender units
Creation of gender units in every regional governmental department
 Promotion of gender equality and control of it
 Composed by technicians with gender training
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Andalusian Women Institute
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Gender impact evaluation of public policies
Annual reports
 Done by gender units and reviewed by the
Commission
 Gender indicators in all programs and policies
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Two other bodies help the Andalusian
Women Institute in this policy:
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Council of Women (representatives
of all women associations and
institutions such as universities)
-Observatory
for gender equality
Gender mainstreaming in
government policies and statistics
2009 Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Ghana 26-28/01/2009
Dr. Lina Gálvez Muñoz
Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Seville, Spain)
Andalusian Statistical Council