Gender Statistics in Armenia

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Gender Statistics in Armenia

• National Statistical Service
• Republic of Armenia
• Prepared by
• Gagik Gevorgyan, Member on State Council of
  Statistics,
• Astghik Gyulbenkyan, Main Specialist, Households
  Survey Division, NSS RA

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The Role of NSS in Gender Statistics

• Gender Issues great importance in the country.
• This means need for gender statistics.
• Collecting, summarizing and processing of the
  information related to the gender.
• Publication of the booklet on national language.

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Legislation

• Program provisions improvement of the women
  situation in the RA in 1998
• National Action Plan on Improvement of Womens
  Status in the RA and Enhancement of their Role in
  the Society 2004-2010 in 2004

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Publications

• Women and Men in Armenia, 1999
• Family and children in Armenia, 2000
• Women and Men in Armenia, 2003
• Women and Men in Armenia, 2004
• Women and Men in Armenia, 2005

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Users of publication

• Government
• International organizations
• NGOs
• Individuals

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Collaboration

• With ministries in order to improve the
  administrative records (one of the main data
  sources).
• With international organizations
• SIDA-Statistic Sweden,
• UNDP (technical and financial support)

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Dissemination

• Booklet
• Internet www.armstat.am,
• www.undp.am

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Lack of Gender Statistics in Armenia

• Agriculture
• Business and Entrepreneurship
• Informal Employment
• Latent Crime
• Illegal Migration

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Tasks to Improve Gender Statistics Produced in
Armenia

• Deepening of desegregation of available data by
  their content
• Broadening of desegregation of available data by
  regions
• Developing of administrative data sources and
  improving of methodology and tools, aimed to
  reduce respondents burden

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Thank you