Economic Commission for Europe

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Economic Commission for Europe Conference of
European Statisticians Group of Experts on Gender
Statistics Third Meeting Geneva 11-13 September
2006 (Item IV) Dissemination, Marketing and Use
of Gender Statistics Portugals Gender
Statistics Database the Gender Profile Maria
José Carrilho, mjose.carrilho_at_ine.pt National
Statistical Institute, Portugal
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

• collect, analyse and disseminate sex
  disaggregated data on a regular basis
• strategy
• mainstreaming gender

• utilization in policy, programme planning,
  technical assistance and research
• achieve

GENDER EQUALITY
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Actions implemented by National Statistical
Institute in Portugal THE GENDER DATABASE
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• DATABASE
• INDICATORS

• Population,
• Family,
• Education and Training,
• Activity Employment and Unemployment,
• Conciliation employment and family
  responsibilities,
• Health,
• Decision making,
• Crime and Violence.

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• Characteristics of the indicators
• Geographical Reference ? Portugal
• Periodicity ? It depends on the availability of
  the data and source.
• Yearly
• Decennial
• Non-periodical.
• Time horizon ? At the beginning the year of
  1990 was the starting point. Recently some
  indicators date back to 1970.
• Sources ? Combining of Sources Statistical
  National Institute of Portugal (INE), and other
  governmental agencies, responsible for the
  statistical production

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• STEPS ON HOW TO ACCESS GENDER PROFILE
• Click in the Gender Profile button available at
  www.ine.pt
• Select the theme and the indicator. The data can
  be exported to Excel and transposed. Use the
  indicator in a form of table or a figure.
• Select one or more indicators related to the same
  issue. It is only requested that the indicators
  have the same dimension.
• Select the time horizon of the indicator.
• The user can access to the metadata linking with
  the indicators and the historical evolution of
  the concept and laws associated to them. If
  needed, see the questionnaire form. The metadata
  includes the definition, time reference,
  periodicity, source of the data, date of last
  update, and footnotes stressing particular notes.

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• DISSEMINATION
• The first public presentation of the Gender
  Database took place on the 22nd January 2004 in
  the INE.
• The database is available to the users, free of
  charge.
• The number of database users is increasing.

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• Users Access() by areas

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• .Present Work
• Since January 2006, INE coordinates a working
  group on Domestic Violence
• Representatives
• National Statistical Institute (INE)
• Commission for Equality and the Rights of Women
  (CERW / CIDM)
• Structure of Mission against Violence
• Commission for the Equality in Work and
  Employment (CEWE / CITE)
• Ministry of Interior
• Ministry of Justice
• Portuguese Association for the Support of Victims

Improve concepts and methods of data collection
disaggregated by sex on all forms of domestic
violence.
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• Future Work.
• Sectors requiring further development in regard
  to produce and disseminate gender statistics
• Entrepreneurship
• Informal Sector
• Decision making/ power
• Labour Market
• Domestic Violence
• Poverty Indicators
• Provide users with some general background
  documents
• Short Methodological Notes
• Coefficients and errors associated to Surveys
• Thematic Studies
• English version of Gender Profile

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• Proposal for discussion ..
• EQUALITY ADVISER
• The role of Equality Adviser was created in 1991
• (according the regulations of the Advisory Board
  of the CERW)
• To Promote and disseminate the Strategy of
  Gender Mainstreaming in public administration
• Portugal its preparing the status of Equality
  Adviser
• Expertise in the field of equality related to
  gender issues

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• In 2006, INE was called to nominate an Equality
  Adviser

Support the inter ministerial working group
regarding Equal opportunities at the Presidency
of the Council of Ministers
Spreading out the concept of gender
mainstreaming at INE
Planning and monitoring the activities on gender

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• Conclusion.
• The Decision Making in Portugal
• Elected to Portuguese Parliament, 1991-2005

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• To know more about Gender disparities in Portugal

Further information in www.ine.pt
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