Embrace Equality in the Changing World of Statistics
| Date | 25 Apr 2024 |
| Time | 14:00 GMT+02:00 - 15:00 GMT+02:00 |
| Level of instruction | Beginner |
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Committee on Women in Statistics Webinar
Date and time: Thursday 25 April 2024, 16:00–17:00 CEST
Invited Speaker 1: Donald Estep
Talk 1 title: “Chipping away at equity”
It is widely recognized that talent and dedication are distributed across all communities, but opportunity and access to support and preparation are not. The desire to countervail this unequal access to opportunity and experience is broadly shared within university communities. Yet, despite popular support in the abstract, efforts to foster equity in practice often face significant hurdles. After describing some of the resistance and hurdles that equity programs face, I will attempt to make the case that concentrating on specific hurdles arising from identity-based inequalities enables the construction of concrete, effective strategies for promoting equity that can have a profoundly positive impact. I will base my talk on some of the experiences gained with the success of the equity aspects of programs offered by the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute.
Invited Speaker 2: Denise Silva
Talk 2 title: “Gender statistics: substantive evidence to accomplish the equality challenges”
High-quality public statistics are vital for a democratic society, being a source of information for decision-making, planning, and evaluation of public policies, as well as for the exercise of citizenship. Gender statistics, which reflect differences in the situation of women and men in all areas of life, constitute a valuable resource for the development of evidence-informed
strategies to tackle inequalities. This talk highlights the importance of gender statistics, providing an overview of the main results linked to the sustainable development goals indicators, and also relates the findings to daily experiences of women’s lives.