| Detailed Information |
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Tracking discrimination - The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Database and Wikigender |
| Date |
05 March, 2009 |
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10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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| Location |
Conference Room C |
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| Registration required |
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| Description |
Review theme: Equal participation of women and men in decision making processes at all levels
Type: Panel
Organizer/ sponsor: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and co-sponsored by: Finland, Norway, Sweden
Description: Gender inequality has multiple facets, including both overt discrimination (such as sex-discriminatory laws) and more hidden instances of discrimination. With the Gender, Institutions and Development (GID) Database, the OECD proposes a set of innovative indicators to measure gender equality in social institutions such as norms and traditions. Based on these indicators, the OECD will also present a new composite index of gender equality that will complement existing indices such as the Gender Development Index and the Gender Empowerment Measure. GID information on social institutions is based on an in-depth analysis of each country''s normative framework. Through Wikigender, an innovative Internet platform to share and exchange information on gender equality, the OECD has also engaged in a bottom-up dialogue on the importance of social institutions for women''s social and economic empowerment. The GID Database and Wikigender are thus closely interlinked. Both initiatives will be presented during this panel discussion, which will also offer room to elaborate how issues of "care" could be better implemented in international databases. |
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