A Book on.....
The World's Women 2005 Progress in Statistics
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About the Book:
Ten years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the lack of reliable national statistics on gender issues persists in many parts of the world. In recent years, efforts to monitor the Millennium Development Goals further revealed the inadequacy of those statistics that were available. That is why The World’s Women 2005 focuses on the state and progress of statistics. Based on what countries report to the international statistical system, it analyzes their capacity to produce statistics on gender issues, and highlights progress made in reporting those statistics over the past three decades.
The analysis shows that despite some improvements over the years, much more needs to be done to develop adequate statistics that address gender concerns. This report is intended as a guide to help Governments and other stakeholders strengthen statistical systems, mainstream gender statistics, and further develop concepts and methods for collecting statistics on gender concerns. I urge Governments, non-governmental organizations, researchers, academics and activists around the world to make full use of this valuable tool.
CONTENTS IN DETAIL :
Message from the Secretary-General
Preface
Executive Summary
Contents
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Introduction |
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Definitions
and methods Gender
concepts and gender statistics Statistical
capacity and reporting to the United Nations Countries
or areas included Population
covered Period
covered Frequency
of reporting Sources
of data International
sources of data National
sources of data Uses
of the report Organization
of the report |
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I. Population, households and families |
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Current
state of statistics 1995-2003 Population Births Marriage
and divorce Households Progress
in statistics 1975-2003 Population Births Marriage
and divorce Households Challenges |
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II. Health |
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Current
state of statistics 1995-2003 Mortality Total
deaths Infant
deaths Deaths
by cause Morbidity Prevalence
of HIV/AIDS Human
functioning and disability Progress
in statistics 1975-2003 Challenges |
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III. Education and training |
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Current
state of statistics 1995-2003 Access
to educational services Enrolment School
attendance Teachers Education
outcomes: literacy and educational attainment Progress
in statistics 1975-2003 Challenges |
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IV. Work |
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Current
state of statistics 1995-2003 The
labour force, the unemployed and the employed The
labour force The
unemployed population The
employed population Wage
statistics Informal
employment Unpaid
work and time-use statistics Progress
in statistics 1975-2003 The
labour force The
unemployed and employed populations Wage
statistics Statistics
related to the Millennium Development Goals Share
of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector Unemployment
rate of young people aged 15-24 years, by sex Challenges |
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V. Violence against women |
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Current
state of statistics Sources
of data on violence against women Surveys Police
and court statistics Administrative
statistics from the health sector Administrative
records from other types of service providers Grappling
with statistics on trafficking in women and girls Progress
in statistics Challenges |
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VI. Poverty, decision-making and human
rights |
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Current
state of statistics Women
and poverty Women
in power and decision-making Human
rights of women Progress
in statistics Challenges |
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VII. Conclusion |
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Public
sector performance Prestige
of a public sector career Promotion
to high-level political posts |
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Annexes |
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Annex
1. Statistical tables Annex
2. List of countries or areas by development group |
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Source: http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/women.asp |
Thursday, February 05, 2009