A consultative meeting to review the draft guidelines for Producing
Statistics on Violence against Women is organized by the United Nations
Statistics Division (UNSD) in Cooperation with the Statistics Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) at the UN House (Committee Room I) in Beirut, Lebanon, from 8-10 November 2011.

In its resolution 61/143 on intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women, the General Assembly of the United Nations requested the Statistical Commission to develop and propose, in consultation with the commission on the Status of Women, and building on the work of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, a set of possible indicators on violence against women in order to assist states in assessing the scope, prevalence and incidence of violence against women. In December 2009, in Mexico, the friends of the chair concluded that there is a need to develop and produce international guidelines for producing statistics on violence against women.

This consultative is held to review the draft Guidelines for Producing Statistics on Violence against Women: Statistical Survey, prepared by UNSD.

The final report, draft guidelines and country papers are available on the following link:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/vaw/default.htm.