E-training on Gender Statistics

In this course, we will orient you to best practices and issues in planning, gathering and sharing unbiased gender statistics so they can be used as a basis for informed decision making, policy and programme formulation and monitoring. You are on a very important journey here, because gender statistics are indispensable for assessing any country’s achievement of equal opportunity goals, and are a critical component of  Africa’s strategy for future development and prosperity.

The Toolkit is structured around four modules, each of which include a final quiz. In addition, a the bottom of this course page, you will  find a Resource Centre for further reading. A Certificate of Completion will be available for download to participants who successfully complete the modules and provide feedback through the evaluation questionnaire.

What you will learn:

Module 1: Introduction to Gender Statistics

·         Provide examples of how gender statistics can inform national policy and legislation

·         Define key gender terms and the minimum set of gender indicators

·         And locate additional resources that may be helpful to you, both in the Resource Centre on the course page and online.

·         Describe the importance of gender statistics and its global and African context

Module 2: Planning for Gender Statistics

·         Identify gender issues

·         Describe the steps to initiate an engendered statistical data gathering initiative

·         Explain the importance of a producer-user dialogue

·         Conduct a gender-sensitive needs analysis

·         Identify gaps in existing sources, and

·         Communicate the need for new data collection

Module 3: Producing Gender Statistics

·         Identify ways to integrate gender perspective into the data production process

·         Identify key gender issues and gender-biased language in surveys and censuses

·         Provide feedback to your own office on how to bring a gender perspective to their statistical activities.

Module 4: Communicating and Using Gender Statistics as a Tool for Change

·         Describe a few ways to disseminate gender statistics and explain how they address needs of different audiences

·         Explain how to prepare reader-friendly tables highlighting meaningful differences and similarities between women and men

·         Determine which charts are best suited to illustrate different types of data

·         Make policy recommendations based on analysis of data

Feedback and Certification

After successfully complete each of the four modules (with a score of 70% or above on the final quizzes).