水戸市 Producing Gender Statistics at Local Level: the Case of Mito-City Miya Ishitsuka and Yoshitaka Hojo Mito City Government Symbol Tower, Art Tower Mito (Photo: Shingo Miura 2017)
水戸市 Contents １ About Us ２ Call for Gender Statistics at Mito-city ３ Results from Citizen Survey ４ Statistical Capacity of the City Government ５ The Way Forward ６ New Data Strategies
About Us 水戸市 Capital of Population ： Ibaraki 270,294 Prefecture Area ： 217.43 ㎢ Northeast of 100km Tokyo Kairakuen Park Art Tower Mito Kodo Kan
水戸市 Ca Call ll fo for G Gende der St Stat atis istic ics at at M Mit ito C Cit ity y (1 (1) • Achieving gender equality in a society has long been a policy priority for Mito-city • 3 rd city in Japan which adopted the Declaration on Gender Equality at the City Council (in 1996) • In 2016, preparation for the 5 th Plan which paid particular attention to the promotion of women’s active participation in the workforce for the city first attempt to formulate evidence-based policy making
水戸市 Ca Call ll fo for G Gende der S Stat atis istic ics at at M Mit ito C Cit ity y (2 (2) • Gender statistics were scarce, in particular, those related to working lives of women. • Explored 17 sets of data collected by different Departments of the city. But, none of them were adequate for gender analyses. For the 6 th Plan, the Department of Civic Cooperation decided to gather own data through: Interviews (2017) Citizen surveys (2018) Business Surveys (2018) with particular focus on annual income, work-life balance and work patterns.
水戸市 Results from Citizen Survey (1) Wome men spend far ar mo more re ti time me in u unpai aid dome mesti tic an and c car are w work rk Figure 1. Average time spent in unpaid domestic and care work by sex 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 Women(n=594) 6.8 （ Unit ： Time ） Men(n=501) 2.2 Women, full-time employee 5.5 (n=196) Men, full-time employee 1.9 (n=363) Liberal men, full-time employee 2.0 (n=186) Non-liberal men, full-time employee(n=127) 1.6 Note: Liberal men refer to those who are supportive of the idea that women will continue working after child birth.
水戸市 Results from Citizen Survey (2) Low ow represe sentation on of of wom omen in manage gerial pos osition on ! Figure 2. Proportion of women and men in managerial position 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
水戸市 • As seen in previous slides, the use of citizen survey showed the importance of having city-owned statistics to inform local policies and plans. • It is ideal that such survey would be conducted annually at the city level. However, ① Limited budget ② Additional workload to the office ③ Response burden of citizens What can we do?
水戸市 Statistical Capacity of City Government Data do exist, but not gender sensitive Figure Thematic plans formulated * 59 Department-specific plans in 2018 by Departments of the city * 17 citizen surveys being conducted * but only 6 surveys allow data classification by sex Plan 59 In addition….. * Data not shared among Departments * Raw data not accessible by other Departments Survey 17 Waste of rich statistical resources ! Gender ７ 9
水戸市 Statistical Capacity of City Government Availability of UN Gender Statistics Minimum Set National vs Mito city 12 Mito has only a half of 10 national data. 8 6 4 2 0 National MitoCity National MitoCity National MitoCity National MitoCity National MitoCity Ⅰ Economic Ⅱ Education Ⅲ Health Ⅳ Public life Ⅴ Human rights Local cities are left behind in gender data collection 10 Source ： https://genderstats.un.org/#/data-availability
水戸市 The Way Forward １ Promote data sharing Create a data hub at the city and facilitate data exchange ２ Increase an access to data Allow an easy access to existing data, with necessary rules and procedures ３ Increase data literacy Appoint a “ data concierge ”, to guide proper use and understanding of data Towards a data driven policy making ! 11
水戸市 New Data Strategy Data Outreach • Use data as communication tool • Discuss and design together the future of Mito City 12
水戸市 Summary and Conclusion Think Globally, Act Locally A local government without data cannot depict its future. ● Need of locally owned data which directly guide local policy making. Promote fuller utilization of existing statistical resources. ● Statistically empower data producers and users at the local level. Data strategies of the local government should take into ● account the global development framework, such as SDGs. No Local Left Behind 13
水戸市 Team Mito Keiko Osaki Tomita, Shigeomi Shibata, Reiko Goto, Professor, Adjunct Professor, Tokyo Member, Code for Ibaraki Ibaraki University University of Foreign Studies Thank you!
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