Countries participating in the Development of
National Gender Statistics Programmes in the Arab Countries (GSP)
highlighted problems in their respective national statistical
systems. These problems are categorized under the following
headings:
Institutional and technical structures
Absence of policies and strategies to
include gender statistics
Weakness of structures collecting,
compiling and disseminating gender statistics, such as civil
registration
Poor coordination between central
statistical offices and between users and producers of statistics
Lack of databases in most countries
Data
classification and research methodologies
Lack of classification of data where
it exists
Use of unclassified definitions of
indicators on issues such as time allocation, violence, poverty and
informal sector work
Lack of standardization in the use of
the word gender
Noncompliance with methods of
tabulating gender statistics
Absence of statistical research
methodology studies in the field of gender
Lack of gender mainstreaming in
entire statistical process
Data presentation
and dissemination
Poor reflection of gender gaps in
statistical reports and publications
Absence of awareness-building
campaigns to publicize gender statistics and make them available to
wide range of users
Human and
financial resources
Limited human and financial resources
Limited awareness and familiarity
with gender concepts and relevance among users and producers
Lack of funds for embarking on new
gender tabulation process
