ECE

Economic Commission for Europe
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UNAgency ID
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Policy Framework

The work of the CES on violence against women is guided by the statistical needs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. All statistical work of the CES is conducted within the Framework of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.

Background

As a multilateral platform, UNECE promotes sustainable development and economic prosperity through the facilitation of economic integration and cooperation among its 56 member countries in Europe, North America and Asia. The UNECE Statistical Division implements the work programme of the Conference of European Statisticians (CES), which is the main body dealing with the coordination of official statistics in the region.

Resources

Developing Gender Statistics: A Practical Tool (UNECE/World Bank Institute (2010). A reference manual prepared by the UNECE Task Force on gender statistics training for statisticians with contributions from various experts. The manual has a section on collection of data on gender-based violence: www.unece.org/index.php?id=17450

The UNECE Gender Statistics Database provides sex-disaggregated data on violence and crime indicators. www.unece.org/data 

Papers about statistics on violence against women that have been presented at UNECE Work Sessions on Gender Statistics are available from www.unece.org/statistics/meetings-and-events.html#/0/0/0/17715

Mail Address
Palais des Nations. CH-1211 Geneva 10. Switzerland
Areas of Work

UNECE’s statistical work on violence against women relates to the improvement of the availability and quality of data. Recognizing the limitations of measuring gender-based violence through administrative data, UNECE focuses its efforts on improving the measurement of violence against women through population-based surveys.

Within the CES’ work programme on gender statistics, UNECE organizes Work Sessions on Gender Statistics every 1.5 years, which include sessions dealing with the statistical measurement of violence against women. These provide a platform for the exchange of experience, knowledge and good practice in the statistical measurement of violence against women, and the identification of gaps and challenges.

Agency Type
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Economic Commission for Europe

Feb 2017 - Apr 2018 | ECE

The December 2017 UNECE Work Session on Gender Statistics ( http://www.unece.org/index.php?id=45133) included seven contributions dealing with statistics on violence against women. Experts from national statistical offices and international organizations exchanged knowledge and ideas about survey methodology, harmonization, garnering political support for conducting specialized surveys, and other topics in the measurement of violence against women.

Oct 2010 - Feb 2011 | ECE

A Second Expert Group Meeting on Measuring Violence against Women was organised by UNECE in Geneva (18-19 November 2010) to review the results of the testing of a survey module on violence against women developed by UNECE. The aim of the module is to enable countries to collect a minimum set of information to measure the prevalence of physical, sexual and intimate partner violence. Other regional commissions helped with preparations and participated in the meeting.

Mar 2009 - Sept 2009 | ECE

UNECE participated in the "International Conference on a Joint Approach to Family Violence: legislation, indicators, enforcement" organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, European Commission, Soros Foundation, UNECE, World Bank Institute (WBI) and the Center for Research of Democratic Processes. UNECE provided a presentation on international initiatives to develop indicators on violence against women.

Jul 2007 | ECE

UNECE organizes regional and sub-regional meetings and workshops where experts from national statistical offices, users of statistics and international organizations can discuss the value of surveys on violence against women and can develop guidelines on how to improve them.