Text of Powerpoint slides from the workshop presentation:
How would we know
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
MDG # 3 - Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
- Target 3a - Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and to all levels of education no later than 2015
MDG # 5 - Improve Maternal Health
1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AND HOW (1)
Gender Related Development Index - Human Development Report - Table J
- One of five indicators used by the United Nations Human Development Report
- Life expectancy
- Adult literacy rate
- Combine gross enrolment ration in education
- Estimated earned income
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AND HOW (2)
Gender Empowerment Measure - Human Development Report - Table K
- One of five indicators used by the United Nations Human Development Report
- Political participation and decision making
- Looks at parliamentary seats held
- Legislators, senior officials and managers
- Professional and technical positions
- Year women received right to vote etc
- Year woman became presiding officer of Parliament
- Women in ministerial positions
- Economic participation and decision making
- Businesses owned by women
- Power over economic resources
CASE STUDY
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION - BRITISH ELECTION
- 22 British Asian women stood as candidates
- 6 women have won seats
- 3 Asian Muslim women have won seats
- New cabinet has 17% women
- Campaign was about 3 men being interviewed by 3 men followed by 4 men negotiating the whole of British politics
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AND HOW (3)
Gender Gap Index - World Economic Forum
- Economic
- Education
- Political
- Health and survival
Gender Equity Index - Social Watch
- Three dimensions
- Economic activity
- Empowerment
- Education
- Rwanda is ranked 5th in the world
Why are we looking
- More than 100 million women are missing(Amartya Sen)
- Gendercide (The Economist)
- All gender indices in 2009 show that gender inequality is still pervasive
- Focusing on women and girls is the most effective way to fight global poverty and extremism (Kristof and Wudunn)
MORE TRACKING (1)
PLAN International's : Because I am a girl
Girls Count : A Global investment and action Agenda
MORE TRACKING (2)
PLAN International's : Because I am a girl
- Following 135 girls from birth until their ninth birthday in 2015
- What they eat
- how healthy they are
- their education
- how being girls impacts their lives
Girls Count : A Global investment and action Agenda
MORE TRACKING (3)
PLAN International's : Because I am a girl
- Following 135 girls from birth until their ninth birthday in 2015
Girls Count : A Global investment and action Agenda
- Three key actions
- Count girls -- disaggregate data of all types
- Invest in girls - - be strategic
- Give girls a fair share - - may have to be explicit and deliberate
