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Workshop on Gender Statistics: Identifying and Addressing Gaps in Gender Statistics for SDG Monitoring in Africa

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The Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) Gender Working Group is organizing a workshop on gender statistics to help African countries improve their capacity to monitor progress toward the gender-related Sustainable Development Goals.

The main objective of the workshop is to identify ways to improve the availability and usability of data on gender-related topics in the region, and to plan further concrete steps in this regard. It will also discuss and assess the relevance and comprehensiveness of the set of gender indicators of the SDGs to the realities of African countries and possibly propose additional indicators for the region.

Targeted audience and admission requirement :

The workshop is open to scientists and practitioners working on statistics and/or on different gender issues in the region, such as national statistical offices, as well as strategic users of gender statistics, including government institutions, civil society organizations, media, and academic institutions. Professionals from strategic structures active in data production, gender reform processes or with the capacity to strategically influence gender issues at different levels are welcome.

To participate, applicants must submit a short (1 page maximum) statement of motivation to [email protected] as to why they wish to participate in the workshop, and a CV (2 pages maximum). The organizing committee will award spots based on the most convincing statements and the applicant’s potential and ability to influence gender mainstreaming at the national level.

Important Dates

Motivation Statement Submission Deadline: 25th July 2022

Workshop Acceptance Notification: 30th July 2022

Workshop: 23rd – 25th August 2022

Atelier sur les statistiques de genre : Identifier et combler les lacunes des statistiques de genre pour le suivi des ODD en Afrique

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Le groupe de travail sur le genre de l’Union pour l’étude de la population africaine (UEPA) organise un atelier sur les statistiques de genre, afin d’aider à améliorer la capacité à suivre les progrès accomplis dans la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable liés au genre dans les pays africains.

L’objectif principal de l’atelier est d’identifier les moyens d’améliorer la disponibilité et l’utilisation des données sur les questions de genre dans la région, et de planifier d’autres actions concrètes à cet égard. Il permettra également de discuter et d’évaluer la pertinence et l’exhaustivité de l’ensemble des indicateurs de genre des ODD par rapport aux réalités des pays africains et éventuellement de proposer des indicateurs supplémentaires pour la région.

Public cible et conditions d’admission :

L’atelier est ouvert aux scientifiques et aux praticiennes travaillant sur les statistiques et/ou sur différentes questions de genre dans la région, tels que les bureaux nationaux de statistiques, ainsi qu’aux utilisateurs et utilisatrices stratégiques des statistiques de genre, notamment les institutions gouvernementales, les organisations de la société civile, les médias et les institutions universitaires et de recherche. Les professionnelles issues de structures stratégiques actives dans la production de données, les processus de réforme de l’égalité des sexes ou ayant la capacité d’influencer stratégiquement les questions de genre à différents niveaux sont les bienvenues.

Pour participer, les candidates doivent soumettre une lettre de motivation concise (1 page maximum)à [email protected], expliquant la raison pour laquelle de participer à l’atelier et un CV (2 pages maximum). Le comité d’organisation attribuera les places en fonction des motivations les plus convaincantes et du potentiel et de la capacité des candidates à influencer l’intégration de la dimension de genre au niveau national.

Dates importantes

Date limite de soumission du dossier de candidature : 25 juillet 2022

Notification d’acceptation à l’atelier : 30 juillet 2022

Tenue de l’atelier : 23 – 25 août 2022

Call for papers - "Development Archives" Seminar by the Global Research Institute of Paris

Within the framework of the project entitled “The construction of post-colonial states by development experts” supported by GRIP, a call for contributions is launched up to 20th April 2022. This project aims to shed light on the role of expertise in the construction of post-colonial states by drawing on different types of archives. The challenge is to understand the circulation of development knowledge at different scales, both in local territories and at the headquarters of international organisations. In order to initiate this work, a seminar on “Development Archives”has been inaugurated.

The aim of this seminar is therefore to bring together and discuss work that :

  • – engage in a reflection on the social conditions of production, conservation, availability or on the methodological issues of the use of development archives in the social sciences;
  • – and/or use not only archives from the headquarters of organizations but also from the relevant southern, national or local administrations and the private archives of the various individual and collective actors involved

The proposals expected within the framework of this “development archives” seminar may therefore concern the production of development archives (selection, prioritisation, conservation), access to these archives (digitisation and putting them online) and/or the possible uses of these archives in the social sciences.

Read more about this Call and submit your papers to [email protected]  and [email protected].

Deadline for submissions: 20 April 2022

UAPS Participation at PAA 2021

The annual Population Association of America Meeting 2021 was held on May 6-8 2021. Due to the Covid-19, the meeting was totally virtual. Please visit the PAA 2021 website for more information.

Some UAPS members moderated sessions and presented papers at the virtual meeting. Please click on each topic to access the presentation:

A. COVID-19 and Africa’s Demography

Chair: Donatien Beguy, UN-Habitat

Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021

Time: 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM Central Daylight Time (2:15 PM – 3:30 PM GMT)

  1. “COVID-19 in Africa – Policy priorities to safeguard prospects for the Demographic Dividend” • Bernard Onyango, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) –
  2. “Factors associated to COVID-19 magnitude in developing countries: is there an African specificity?” • Jean-Francois Kobiané, Institut Superieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)
  3. “Monitoring excess mortality during epidemics in African countries: challenges and opportunities?” • Stéphane Helleringer, New York University (NYU)
  4. “COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: Challenges for Informing the continental response and opportunities for strengthening information systems.” • Senga Lucy Sembuche, African Union

    UAPS at the IX ALAP Conference, 2020

    On 9th December, Dr. Donatien, the UAPS President made a presentation during the session “Regional Population Associations and Research Agenda” organized during the IX conference of the Latin American Population Association (ALAP).

    UAPS Participation in Webinar Series

    Under the leadership of South Africa’s Department of Social Development and Statistics South Africa, the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) together with other organizations like the UNFPA, the British High Commission to South Africa and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the African Union (AU) and Africa CDC, UAPS, and PASA hosted a webinar series in October and November, 2020.

    The webinar series was titled “Demography and COVID-19 in Africa – Evidence and Policy Responses to Safeguard the Demographic Dividend”.

    Access webinar recording and presentation slides.