Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base

Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base

The OECD <b>Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base</b> is a tool to determine and analyse obstacles to women’s social and economic development. The data base, which was introduced by the "Organisation on "International 2006, covers a total of 160 countries and comprises an array of 60 indicators on gender discrimination.
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_data-base-composition"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Data Base Composition</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_accessing-the-data"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Accessing the Data</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_measures-of-social-institutions"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Measures of Social Institutions</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_composite-indicator-of-gender-equality"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Composite Indicator of Gender Equality</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_see-also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_external-links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<h2 id="w_data-base-composition">Data Base Composition</h2>
The data base is structured around key building blocks of gender equality, including "Access to Resources such as Education and Health", "Political Empowerment of Women" and "Women’s Economic Status". The GID-DB also contains information on "Social Institutions" such as cultural practices and social norms that affect gender equality. By providing information on these hidden instances of gender discrimination, the data base complements existing data compilations such as the "United "Human, the "World‘s <a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/EXTANATOOLS/EXTSTATINDDATA/EXTGENDERSTATS/0,,menuPK:3237391~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:3237336,00.html">GenderStats</a> or the Gender Gap Report by the "World.
<h2 id="w_accessing-the-data">Measures of Social Institutions</h2>
The GID data base structures social institutions into following categories:
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<li><b>Family Code</b>, including information on marriage customs and decision-making power within a household.</li>
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<li><b>Physical Integrity</b>, capturing violence against women through traditional practices such as female genital mutilation or other attacks (e.g. rape, assault, harassment).</li>
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<li><b>Civil Liberties</b>, measuring the extent to which women can participate in social life (e.g. moving freely in public without the obligation to wear a veil or be escorted by male relatives).</li>
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<li><b>Ownership Rights</b>, indicating the quality of women’s access to property, either in the form of bank loans, land, or other material assets.</li>
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Information on cultural and traditional practices that impact on gender equality is coded between 0 (indicating equality) and 1 (indicating high inequality) depending on the extent of discrimination and the size of the female population that suffers from the application of a specific social institution. For example, if 20 per cent of the female population in a country report restricted access to inheritance (e.g. as a rule, daughters only get half the amount granted to sons), the variable for inheritance would be 0.10 (20 per cent * 0.50).
<h2 id="w_composite-indicator-of-gender-equality">Composite Indicator of Gender Equality</h2>
Based on the social institutions indicators, the "Organisation also introduced a "Composite of gender equality: the "2009 (SIGI). Given its exclusive focus on social institutions, the SIGI is a highly specialised measure of gender equality and should not be confused with comprehensive measures such as the "Gender-related or the "Gender .
<h2 id="w_see-also">See also</h2>
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<li> "Organisation </li>
<li>"Category:Health"</li>
<li> "Gender, </li>
<li> "Gender, </li>
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<h2 id="w_external-links">External links</h2>
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<li><a href="http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=GID2">OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base</a> on <a href="http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/default.aspx">OECD.Stat</a></li>
<li>OECD Podcast on the GID Data Base http://viphttp.yacast.net/viewontv/ocde/gender_database.mp3</li>
<li><a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTGENDER/0,,menuPK:336874~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:336868,00.html">Gender Equality as Smart Economics – A New World Bank Group Action Plan</a>, at the "World "Gender and Development" site.</li>
<li><a href="http://genderindex.org/statistics">Gender Statistics</a> – at the Social Institutions and Gender Index official site</li>
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