Knowledge Management of Gender Statistics in MDG-based Poverty Reduction Strategies

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The United Nations Development Fund for Women

• Knowledge Management of Gender Statistics in
  MDG-based Poverty Reduction Strategies
• IA and EGM on Gender and Statistics
• 12-14 December 2006, New York

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• What is knowledge management?
• Gender and MDG-based Poverty Reduction
  Strategies 5 Pilot Projects
• Project Outcome Indicators on gender analysis and
  sex-disaggregated data
• In retrospect, what can we learn for the
  development of knowledge management strategies?

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Knowledge Management
Knowledge management can be thought of as the
deliberate design of processes, tools,
structures, etc. with the intent to increase,
renew, share, or improve the use of knowledge
represented in any of the three elements
Structural, Human and Social of intellectual
capital. --Seemann, et.al. (1999) as quoted by
Haggie and Kingston (2003), J of Knowledge
Management
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KM Strategy?
Is there a knowledge management strategy that we
can learn from the pilot projects on Gender and
MDGs? We try to answer this in retrospect and
from the armchair.
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KM Strategy?
Is there an ideal combination of the cognitive
approach - knowledge that can be expressed and
codified community approach - knowledge is
socially constructed and is managed by
encouraging the sharing of experiences and
ideas ?
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Gender and MDGs Project
Link to policy through MDGs and
PRS Institutional collaboration among UNDP,
UNCT, national partners Advocacy processes and
reporting and monitoring reflect gender equality
dimensions
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Gender and MDGs Project

• Outcome 2 Incorporate gender-responsive analysis
  and strategies in MDG reporting and monitoring
• Increased use of analysis of quantitative and
  qualitative data (indicator 7)
• Increased sex-disaggregated data and
  information on data gaps readily available in
  existing databases and websites (indicator 9)

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Results on Indicator 7
Morocco The indicators were used by the UN
system, especially in the CCA/UNDAF (2007-2011)
and individual UN agencies use the national MDG
report to assess the relevance of their country
programme to gender equality. Kyrgyzstan Gender
Monitoring Mechanism with harmonized indicators
with interest to use this for CEDAW and Beijing,
and PRS reporting
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Results on Indicator 9
Cambodia Included domestic violence as an
indicator under MDG3 inclusion of social and
legal protection of unemployed workers (MFA
Phase-Out) in the NDSP Kenya A Fair Share for
Women in Kenya publication some input into the
Gender Needs Assessment and Costing exercises of
the Millenium Project Peru Training for groups
of women to propose and use indicators
commissioned studies
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Results on Data by Sex
Morocco Integrate 69 indicators and 27 targets
into the UN's DEVINFO Morocco database Kyrgyzstan
Significant gaps remain in data for tracking
progress but National Statistical Committee is
committed to improve data by sex and it produced
a publication on men and women in Kyrgyzstan
sector-specific booklets on gender dimensions of
the MDGs working with gender focal points of
relevant ministries
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Results on Data by Sex
Cambodia Translation of briefing kit into Khmer
to increase accessibility of data and statistics
UNDP and UNFPA to update Cambodia Gender
Assessment Kenya Produced data at the local
level Peru Dissemination of Millenium Goals and
Gender Equality The Case of Peru published by
ECLAC
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Lessons for KM Strategy

• Not so much why gender but how is gender
  linked to...
• sub-national datasets local languages
• Materials are not only produced but the
  journalists also receive gender training

Selling the idea content localisation Targeted
media and trained media
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Lessons for KM Strategy

• Making the data accessible
• Also means avoiding jargon, i.e. Formulate using
  professional terms and ensuring that average user
  can understand and use them
• Combined with analysis and similar documents
• Depends on public access to internet

e-knowledge
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Lessons for KM Strategy
What are the institutional arrangements? Links to
the decision makers Statistical systems exist in
a specific development context.

• National statistical offices with highest levels
  of administration with national women's
  machineries and gender focal points
• UN Country Teams and Gender Theme Groups donors
  and funders
• Women's rights advocates NGOs

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