Award: FAO-0100-P-CA-3054-00 BUCEN
Title: BUREAU OF CENSUS GENDER DISAGGREGATED DATA SERVICE
Means of Access:
Cooperating Agency
US BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON, DC
Completion: 08/30/95 Geographical Scope: WORLDWIDE
Project Title: WID STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES
AID Project Officer:
MARTIN HEWITT
G/R&D/WID ROOM 714 SA18
WASHINGTON, DC 20523-18189
Phone: (704) 875-4668 FAX: (703) 875-4663
Project Purpose
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To assist G/R&D/WID, USAID field missions, and LDC governments to
enhance LDC women's contribution to the economic production and
self-sufficiency of their countries through their increased inclusion
as participants in and beneficiaries of USAID programs and projects.
Project Description
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This CORE project:
- provides intellectual and technical leadership
- increases awareness of, information about, and skills for
addressing
gender issues
- helps establish systems and procedures to ensure gender issues are
incorporated cross-sectorially in all Agency policies, programs,
projects, research materials, information systems, and in
multilateral
and bilateral policy dialogue efforts.
Activities funded in the CORE Project include training, applied
research, technical assistance, information dissemination, and
monitoring and evaluation. Project contracts funded in part or
completely with CORE resources include:
GENESYS (Gender in Economic and Social Systems)
ECOGEN/SARSA (Ecology, Community Organization and Gender)
GATP (General Agricultural Training Program)
Technical Assistance for Gender Analysis in Strategic
Development Projects
Bureau of Census (BUCEN) Gender Disaggregated Data Service
Development Technologies, Inc.
Matching funds are available under Project No. 936-2750 for
Mission-sponsored training, technical assistance, applied research,
and monitoring and evaluation.
Description of Services
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BUCEN supports GFR/WID in assisting USAIDs and AID/Washington
bureaus and offices to use gender disaggregated data in monitoring
and evaluation AID's work in developing countries. A gender
specialist at BUCEN integrates gender considerations in data
collection, analysis and training at BUCEN. The gender specialist
is also assisting AID/WID efforts on the gender disaggregation of
data and indicators for program monitoring and evaluation.
Additional Information
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The BUCEN PASA award provides technical assistance services of six
statistician specialists to conduct the dissemination and use of
people-level gender statistics. The agreement will also enable USAID
to have long-term access to the Bureau of Census' technical gender
expertise and data resources. This PASA will continue the work which
began as a buy-in to the Office of Population's PASA with the Bureau
of Census known as the Gender Statistics Activity. The prior activity
funded a WID coordinator in the Bureau of Census who provided
technical assistance on people-level statistics.
Gray Amendment: YES
Technical Specialties:
Activity
Code Description
AGAB Agribusiness
AGCR Agricultural Credit
AGPP Agricultural Policies and Planning
DIHR Human Rights
DILJ Legal & Judicial Development
DILT Leadership Training in Democratic Processes
EDID Human Resource Development for Individuals
EDPE General Public Education and Extension
EVMP Environmental Management, Planning and Policy
HEHA HIV/AIDS
HEMH Women's Health
PEBD Business Development Promotion
PETI Trade and Investment Promotion
Responsible Office: G/R&D/WID
