Report of the UNECE Task Force on Measuring Violence against Women

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Report of the UNECE Task Force on Measuring
Violence against Women

• ECE/CES/GE.30/2006/6

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Objectives of the analysis

• to take stock of the work undertaken by countries
  in defining and implementing survey methodology
  to measure VAW
• to understand the differences and commonalities
  between methodologies used in the region
• identify areas appropriate for standard
  recommendation on definitions and methodology

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Composition of the report

• Institutional framework
• Methodology
• Content
• Data dissemination

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• 52 of the reported surveys were conducted by
  NSOs or government institutions
• State-level investment in VAW research

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• In 68 of cases no plans for future
  data-collection activities on VAW
• Lack of long-term commitment to collect data on
  VAW
• but there are more often plans for repeated data
  collection when NSOs are involved

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Reported challenges

• questionnaire construction (24)
• definition, design and size of sample (20)
• respecting interviewees sensitivity (20)
• specificity of the topic (12)
• non-response (10)
• methodology and dissemination (7)

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Lot of variation among surveys in

• selection of reference population
• sample design, sampling techniques, sample size
• mode of data collection
• measures taken to improve survey quality
  (tackling telescoping, quality of fieldwork,
  interviewer training, non-response)

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Types of physical violence
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Types of sexual violence
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Less agreement on other items, but overall
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Consequences
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Data dissemination

• Micro-data files available for public use in more
  than half of the cases
• Survey results are available on the Internet in
  two-thirds of all surveys