BY
ROSEMARY USIDE
KENYA
Presented at the Global Forum on Gender Statistics, Accra Ghana, 26-28 January
2009
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The Government has made efforts:
 To mainstream gender at all levels
 Achieve gender equity
One of the initiatives is the:
 Appointment of gender officers in all
ministries and state corporations
 To ensure gender issues are addressed accordingly
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Engendering data collection, processing and
analysis
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Ministry of Gender, Children and Social
Development
◦ Developed the National Gender Policy on Gender
and Development
◦ Coordinate and harmonize the implementation of
the Gender policy
 Provides a framework for the operationalization of
gender mainstreaming
 Recognizes socio-cultural attitudes held by both
women and men
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Involves the NSO in all aspects of data use
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Development of the Kenya data sheet 2007
CSW Report
CEDAW Report
Training of Gender Officers in production of gender
statistics
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Planning and execution of census and
household survey activities are spearheaded
by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
(KNBS) on behalf of the Government of Kenya
in accordance with the Statistics Act 2006 of
the Laws of Kenya.
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Demographic and health Survey
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Integrated Household Budget Survey
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Aids Indicator Srvey
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MICS
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Done every five years
 Phase I
◦ Formation of Technical Committee
Users & Producers: Ministries: Health, Education,
Agriculture, Labour, Research Instituions and
Development Partners( UNFPA, NUDP, UNCEF,
UNIFEM, Macro Int. CDC etc).
Composition: 7 females, 18 males
◦ Critique the questionnaires; agree on types of questions
to be asked in respective modules: Education,
employment, fertility, mortality, family planning,
HIV/AIDS, nutrition and gender based violence
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Category
Technical Committee
Trainers/coordinators
Supervisors
Editors
Quality Assurance
Research Assistants
Drivers
Total
Female Male Total %Female
28
7
18
25
23
5
17
22
22
5
18
23
100
23
0
23
50
2
2
4
80
92
23
115
3
1
29
30
56
135 107
242
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% Distribution of KDHS 2008 Personnel by category and gender
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Three types of qestionnaires:
◦ Household
◦ Woman
◦ Man
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Sex and age components very important
Modules include: fertility, family planning,
mortality, Education, employment, HIV/AIDS,
gender based violence maternal and child
health.
Duration 3 months
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Data Processing (3 months)
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Production of preliminary report (1 month)
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Distribution of KDHS data processing staff by category and gender
Activity
Males Females
Total
%
Female
System Development
2
1
3
Office Editor
4
5
9
56
Data Entry
6
15
21
71
Supervisors
2
0
2
0
Technician
1
0
1
0
15
20
35
57
Total
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In-depth analysis (3 months)
Thematic areas by subject matter specialists
◦ General information, fertility, mortality, nutrition,
maternal & child health, family planning, HIV/AIDS,
economic participation and gender based violence
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Outputs
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Comprehensive report
Summary Report
Facts and figures
Fliers
Posters
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Dissemination
◦ Launch at national level
◦ Regional
◦ District
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Monitoring and Evaluation
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