UN ESCWA, UN Women and WHO are jointly organizing this meeting to bring together relevant partners in the Arab region to discuss a way forward in advancing methods and strategies to measure violence against women (VAW) in line with globally agreed methodological and ethical standards, building on the outcomes of the meeting Measuring Sustainable Development Goals on Violence against Women and Time Use Statistics Indicators held in Tangier, Morocco in 2018.
 
The main objectives of the meeting are:
 
(1) To deepen knowledge and understanding of National Statistical Offices, women machineries and relevant stakeholders in the Arab region on VAW measurement in line with globally agreed methodological and ethical standards;
(2) To strengthen linkages between global, regional, and national efforts on enhancing VAW data to inform programmes and policies;
(3) To identify challenges and opportunities in measuring VAW in the Arab region;
(4) To exchange and share good practices and lessons learned on VAW surveys among participants

Agenda
List of participants
Conclusions

Session 1

• Session 1.1: Violence against women – an introduction
• Session 1.2 Different sources of data and VAW prevalence surveys methodologies

• Session 1.3 Regional overview of existing prevalence data, new surveys and future plans

  Regional overview of collections tools and data

  Newly implemented househould surveys
  Palestine, Morocco, Libya, Iraq

Session 2

• Session 2.1 The UN ESCWA VAW prevalence surveys toolkit
• Session 2.2: Availability of and challenges with prevalence data on VAW in the region

• Session 2.3 Ethical and safety considerations around VAW surveys and country practices

   

  WHO-Ethics and safety of VAW surveys

  UNFPA-Implementing VAW prevalence surveys and broader VAW data collection in humanitarian contexts