PROGRAMME

Day 1: Monday, 11 October

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.  Registration  
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Opening Ceremony   
 
Welcome address
Dr. Romulo Virola, Secretary General
National Statistical Coordination Board Philippines
 
Opening remarks
Dr. Paul Cheung, Director
United Nations Statistics Division

Ms. Sulekha Patel, Senior Demographer World Bank
 
Message
Professor Solita Collas-Monsod
University of the Philippines
 
Keynote address
Dr. Edward Sondik, Director
United States National Center
for Health Statistics
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Tea Break  
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Roundtable on Incorporating a Gender Perspective
into official health statistics, Chair: Ms. Francesca Perucci, UNSD

Ms. Lidia Gargiulo, Italian National Institute of Statistics
Dr. Enrique Tayag, Director, National Epidemiology Center,
Department of Health, Philippines
Ms. Ji Youn Lee, Statistics Korea
Ms. Hang Lina, Cambodia, National Institute of Statistics

Discussion
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch  

 

 

Session 1. Measurement of mortality and gender statistics

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m Panel 1.a. Measurement of health and gender statistics through civil registration and vital statistics,
Chair: Ms. Sara Demofonti, Italy

Ms. Margarita Guerrero, UN-ESCAP
Ms. Yandiswa Mpetsheni, Statistics South Africa
Ms. Marlar Aung, Myanmar Central Statistical Organization
Mr. D.P. Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka Registrar General

Discussion
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Tea Break  
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Panel 1.b: Measurement of health and gender statistics through Household surveys and census,
Chair: Ms. Sulekha Patel, World Bank

Ms. Holly Newby, UNICEF
Mr. Nava Raj Lamsal, Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics
Mr. Gora Mboup, UN Habitat

Discussion
7PM Evening banquet hosted by the National Statistical Coordination Board of the Philippines

 

Day 2: Tuesday, 12 October

 

Session 2: Measurement of Maternal mortality and health

9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Panel 2.a
Chair: Mr. Mark Landry, WHO-Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Ms. Manal Sweidan, Jordan Department of Statistics
Mr. Nava Raj Lamsal, Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics
Ms. Marcela Eternod-Aramburu, INEGI, Mexico
Ms. Holly Newby, UNICEF

Discussion
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Tea Break

  
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Panel 2.b.

Mr. Khassoum Diallo, UNHCR
Ms. Ethel Koney, Ghana Statistical Service
Ms. Mariyam Nazviya, Maldives Ministry of Health & Family Thailand, IHPP

Discussion
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch  
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m Session 3: Measurement of gender dimensions of persons
with disabilities, Chair: Ms. Monina Collado, NSO Philippines

Ms. Thirakha Chanthalanouvong, Lao Department of Statistics
Mr. Md Aynul Kabir, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Ms. Ehete Bekele Seyoum, Central Statistics Agency, Ethiopia
Mr. Satyabrata Chakrabarti, India Central Statistics Office
Ms. Diana Byanjeru, Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Discussion
7PM Evening banquet jointly hosted by the Philippine Commission on Women and the National Statistics Office, to include a 10-minute presentation on the Philippines’ Magna Carta of Women

 

Day 3: Wednesday, 13 October

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Session 4: Measurement of caring responsibilities of women and men, Chair: Ms. Margarita Guerrero, UN ESCAP

Ms. Shizuka Takamura, Japan Counsellor for Gender Equality Analysis
Ms. Wei Liu, National Bureau of Statistics of China
Ms. Paz Lopez, UNIFEM Thailand, NSO

Discussion
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Tea Break

  
11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Session 5: Advancements in gender statistics and health in Asia and the Pacific,
Chair: Mr. Kaushal Joshi, Asian Development Bank

Ms. Carmelita Ericta, National Statistics Office,
Republic of the Philippines
Ms. Anjana Bhushan, WHO
Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Thailand

Discussion
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch  
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m Summary discussions and recommendations
a) Summary discussions of the Forum
Ms. Lina Castro, National Statistical Coordination Board, Philippines

b) Recommendations and future work on health and gender statistics,
Ms. Francesca Perucci, UNSD
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Closing remarks
Dr. Paul Cheung, Director
United Nations Statistics Division
4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tea Break
4:30 p.m. City Tour