, 2015 , th ll AND th 0 l , th statistical challenges towards the implementation of the Post 2015 Agenda SEPTEMBER 9 international meeting on Statistical challenges towards the implementation of the Post 2015 Agenda September 9th, 10th a nd 11th INEGI, Aguascalientes, Mexico Fraccionamiento Jardines del Parque. 2301, Héroe de Nacozari Sur No. Av. Mexico, Aguascalientes, This event will be held in the Multipurpose Room, at the INEGI Headquarters Building, located in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, at the INEGI Headquarters located in will be held in the MultipurposeThis event Room, Building, AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO / AGUASCALIENTES, l6th In the year 2000, UN Women, INEGI and INMUJERES agreed upon the Conceptual note for the need to initiate an international dialogue with countries of the Latin International Meeting on Gender America and Caribbean Region, in order to assist in the strengthening of the awareness on the generation, dissemination and use of gender Statistics: Statistical challenges statistics for gender equality policies, in line with the main areas of towards the implementation concern of the Beijing Platform for Action and the declaration of the binding mandate of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of the Post 20l5 Agenda of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Inter-American Convention to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Violence Against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará”. That year, the 1st international meeting on gender statistics was organized.1 As a result, a solid strategic alliance was built which the Gender Affairs Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) joined in 2006. One of the most noteworthy developments of this alliance was the creation of the Working Group of Gender Statistics (WGGS) of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) of ECLAC. It was approved by the SCA at the 4th Conference of 2007.2 international To date, fifteen international meetings have been organized, promoting meeting on the exchange of best practices and lessons learned both in the production and in the use of data for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and assessment of public policies, as well as the academic analysis of data from a gender perspective. The meetings have taken place in the headquarters of INEGI, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, sponsored by INMUJERES and INEGI, UN Women and ECLAC. The work of the WGGS is is based on the strategic goals of the Beijing Platform for Action, among which is the creation and strengthening of Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women, to design, implement and assess the incorporation of a gender perspective in legislation, policies, programs and projects, based on solid statistical information showing how different social problems affect women and men differentially. Thus, gender statistics have become an indispensable tool for public policies, accountability, and the assessment of progress of women in the world. º In Mexico, since the middle of the 1990s, UN Women (previously UNIFEM), the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) and the National Institute of Women (INMUJERES), formed an alliance to promote, on the national agenda, the development of statistics with a gender-based approach. Its initial work focused on producing and disseminating statistics disaggregated by gender in various publications, creating a national system of gender indicators from national data sources, and venturing into the production of data concerning use of time and unpaid work. 2 Mexico coordinates the WGGS through INEGI. ECLAC acts as a technical secretary and INMUJERES and UN Women act as advisory institutions. The international meetings on gender statistics have strengthened the In February 2013, the United Nations Statistical Commission adopted relationship between producers and users of data on gender statistics, 52 minimum indicators, a minimum set to measure gender equality by means of dissemination of knowledge, promotion of dialogue and and approved nine indicators to measure violence against women. strengthening of the skills of officers in the National Statistics Offices Furthermore, an open work group (OWG) was established at the Rio (NSO), the Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women (MAW) and + 20 Conference concerning the SDGs. In September 2014 the Open other institutions responsible for public policies. This strategic alliance Working Group submitted a report to the UN General Assembly between institutions that produce and use statistical information has containing the proposal of 17 SDGs, including SDG 5: Achieve gender acquired great relevance to visualize both the progress made and the equality and empower all women and girls. In September 2015 states will gender disparities. adopt the SDGs and in 2016 will reach an agreement on the indicators for follow-up and monitoring will be reached. The Beijing Platform for Action proposed the achievement of gender equality in all It is an undeniable fact that, in order to achieve aspects of life. However, to date no country sustainable and inclusive development, has achieved this. Therefore, the Platform particularly gender inequality must be continues to be valid, and its 20th anniversary reduced. Discrimination against women an offers new opportunities to renew bonds, girls affects the progress of countries. The revitalize the commitments made by the global development agenda must monitor signatory states and strengthen the political the elimination of gender inequality gaps, will to promote the advancement of and modify the structural factors underlying women and achieve gender equality. inequalities and gender-based violence. Gender statistics will play a key role in this In addition, this year also represents process. the deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Therefore, the Currently, we have more and better statistical Member States of the United Nations, the information on subjects related to gender, UN system, organizations of civil society and academia, among others, women’s rights and empowerment, thanks to the work conducted over are working to define the shape and the priorities of a development the last twenty years by the NSO and MAW groups. agenda for the next 15 years; one that is universal, transformative and rights-based. During the discussions concerning the post-2015 Thus, the l6th international meeting of gender statistics offers a space development agenda, most of the stakeholders highlighted that one to reflect on how to adopt and adapt the SDG to meet the needs, of the strengths of the MDGs scheme was having clear objectives and priorities and opportunities of countries in the region, the availability specific target measures with specific dates and measurable indicators of data and levels of disaggregation. It also provides an opportunity to for targets, which, as pointed out by the Secretary-General of the United discuss the development the required capaciities and the strengthening Nations, were credible, realistic and feasible. of methodologies for the production and use of data , as well as the development of gender indicators related to human rights and the However, the MDGs did not include fundamental themes for the advancement of women and girls in issues such as poverty, access to groups that suffer the greatest effects of inequality--including women technology, financial and production assets, unpaid care work, statistics, and children- such as human rights, good governance and violence. violence against women and girls, women’s participation in decision- Therefore, the formulation of the Sustainable Development Goals making, among others. (SDGs) must be more ambitious and the progress in the achievement of its goals must also be monitored with relevant data, with different levels of disaggregation, such as gender, ethnicity, age, disability and socioeconomic status, to reflect the unequal distribution of wealth, resources and gender gaps in order to promote evidence-based policies and strengthen accountability. SEPTEMBER 9th 8:00 - 9:00 Registration of participants OPENING REMARKS 9:00 - 10:30 Lorena Cruz, Chair of the National Institute of Women (INMUJERES), Mexico Luiza Carvalho, UN Women’s Regional Director for the Americas and Caribbean Maria Nieves Rico, Head of the Gender Affairs Division (GAD) of ECLAC Félix Vélez, Vice-President of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico 10:30- 10:40 Group picture SESSION 1 Sustainable Development Goals and the Post 2015 Agenda Moderator: Lorena Cruz, Chair of INMUJERES 10:40-12:10 From the Beijing Platform to the Post 2015 Agenda Luiza Carvalho, UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean The gender perspective in the regional reading of the Post 2015 Agenda Lucía Scuro, Social Affairs Officer, GAD of ECLAC Statistical challenges on the post 2015 Agenda Harumi Shibata, United Nations Statistics Division Statistical (UNSD) 12:10 - 13:00 Comments and questions 13:00 -14:30 LUNCH SESSION 2 Inclusion of the gender indicators within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moderator: César Garcés, Director of planning and analysis, Office of the Presidency, Mexico 14:30 – 16:30 Interagency Experts Group on the Indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals Enrique Ordaz, General Director for the Integration, Analysis and Investigation Area, INEGI Mexico High Level Group on Collaboration, Coordination and Promotion of the Capacity for follow-up activities Post-2015 Jose Rosero, Executive Director of the