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Key features of the project |
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In line with Iraqi national needs and development priorities |
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Within implementing agencies comparative advantage |
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Right-based, participatory approach with stakeholder involvement in project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation |
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Promotion of national ownership and ensures sustainability beyond project’s duration |
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Special focus on gender mainstreaming |
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Significant provisions for employment opportunities for locals |
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Significant allocation of funds for training of locals |
Supporting a Culture of
Evidence –based Policymaking,
Promoting Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment
The development objectives
Several UN agencies have undertaken activities in Iraq to
compile gender-disaggregated data in a number of fields.
However, the Development of National Gender Statistics in
Iraq Project institutionalizes gender mainstreaming in the
entire national statistical system by aiming to gender
sensitize actors (statisticians and other employees),
processes (data collection methods and techniques) and
instruments (concepts, definitions and classifications).
Funded by the United Nations Development Group Iraq Trust
Fund, the 18-month project aims to:
- Raise awareness on the importance of gender statistics in policy formulation and monitoring, and gender mainstreaming of statistical work
- Improve national capacities to produce, analyze and disseminate quality gender statistics and indicators needed for evidence-based policy-making, with a particular focus on mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment
The beneficiaries
Producers and users of statistics from national statistical
departments, government bodies, NGOs, research centers and
academia… with the inclusion of women and men from
throughout Iraq to ensure broad-based participation and
national ownership.
The partners
- Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC)
- Central Organization for Statistics and Information
Technology (COSIT)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Women’s Development Fund (UNIFEM).
Duration and location
- Duration: 18 months starting June 2006
- Given security concerns, meetings, workshops, launching
events, training and study tour will be held outside of
Iraq
Main activities
- Staffing and equipping a Gender Statistics Unit
- Data assessment, compilation and analysis
- Gender statistics website, including a database of
statistics and indicators
- 6 Training workshops
- Study tour at a centre of excellence in gender statistics
Main outputs
- List of critical gender issues
- List of core gender indicators
- Strategic framework for developing national statistical
capacities and engendering statistical work
- Report on the availability of data
- Report on the main findings of the gender barometer
survey
- Gender-based statistical publication on women and men in
Iraq and other promotional materials
- Reports of meetings, workshops and training
Contact persons
For additional information please contact:
Mr. Ahmed Hussein
Project Manager
Head, Statistics Coordination Unit
UN-ESCWA
Tel: +961 1 978408
Fax: +961 1 981510
Email: hussein@un.org
Ms. Gheda Temsah
Project assistant
Statistics Coordination United Nations
UN-ESCWA
Tel. +961 1 978433
Fax: +961 1 981510
Email: temsahg@un.org
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