Gender Balance Observatory Platform

The National Observatory for Gender Balance Indicators is an interactive national electronic platform affiliated with the Institute of Public Administration, represented by the Gender Balance Center. It displays a set of local and international indicators provided by specialized authorities to support decision-makers in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality. The Observatory monitors and tracks gender balance indicators in the work environment across the public, private, and non-profit sectors in Saudi Arabia, with periodic updates to ensure data accuracy and continuity.

The Objectives

Supporting balance

Supporting gender balance in several areas.

Monitoring efforts

Monitoring the kingdom’s sectors efforts through local, periodic, measurable indicators documented in an interactive electronic observatory.

Building a unified reference system

Building a unified reference system for collecting classified data, building local and international indicators and modeling predictive data.

Presenting recommendations

Presenting recommendations built on business intelligence tools contributes to making better decisions faster.

Assisting decision-makers

Assisting decision-makers in identifying the degree of gender participation disparity and determining ways to address the gaps based on gender-disaggregated detailed data in both Arabic and English.

The Services

The Observatory provides data for decision-makers and offers recommendations for creating a safe working environment. It is worth noting that observatories rely on gender statistics that indicate gaps and inequalities by assessing the situation of both men and women in multiple fields throughout the life cycle. These statistics are a modern branch of statistics, and have a special set of concepts, tools, and methods. These statistics produce detailed gender-specific data that is collected and classified separately for men and women. This data also allows to measure the differences between men and women in a variety of social and economic variables, which is necessary for generating gender statistics and is an important first step towards integrating gender issues into monitoring and evaluation systems.

Presenting the gaps and analyzing the constraints.

Presenting the gaps and analyzing the constraints faced by both genders in the workplace to identify current obstacles and challenges in order to achieve the strategic goals of Vision 2030.

Providing data

Providing accurate and updated data on the reality of gender in the workplace.

Reading and forecasting

Reading the reality and forecasting the future of collaborative work environments.

Supporting decision-makers

Supporting decision-makers in developing workplace policies and systems.

Presenting reports

Presenting reports of national and international gender balance indicators.

How the observatory works

Monitoring

Monitoring through data collection, fact-checking, and evidence-based research where the relevant official entities feed the observatory with data, which appears as graphs to facilitate the identification of gaps. Then recommendations are issued, and programs and projects are developed to contribute to addressing challenges and obstacles in order to create a safe and healthy work environment.

Development

Development through the creation and updating the national indicators that contribute to the enhancement of international indicators.

Participation

Participation through collaborating with national and international partners to exchange knowledge and experience.

The Impact

Monitoring the implementation

Monitoring the implementation of initiatives for women's empowerment and gender balance across all sectors of the Kingdom, which will contribute to increasing the gross domestic product and strengthening the national economy.

Sustainability

vibrant, sustainable community through reducing the social, economic, health, and educational impacts resulting from gender inequality, ensuring harmony with the cultural and social context of the Kingdom.

The mental image

Creating a supportive mental image that showcases Saudi Arabia's commitment to women's empowerment and gender balance, using measurable indicators and a narrative that aligns with a moderate Islamic perspective.

Highlighting the efforts

Highlighting the efforts of the Institute of Public Administration in serving one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Criteria

The following standards are investigated to achieve the best results.

Accuracy

Data quality and transparency are verified to ensure they accurately represent reality, trends, and variables.

Objectivity

To reflect the reality and facts related to a specific group and within a specific time period.

Relevance

When disaggregating data, appropriate terms and expressions must be used. Therefore, the term 'sex-disaggregated data' should be used instead of 'gender-disaggregated data,' or 'socially-gender-disaggregated data,' or 'qualitatively-disaggregated data'.

Continuation

The indicators are updated frequently based on the availability of data.

The Aspects

The observatory derives data from national sources then, divides it according to axes that reflect gender differences and balance, where it sheds light on six main axes:

Workplace culture.

Workforce gender composition.

Leadership of men and women.

Gender pay equity.

Work-life balance for women and men.

Career development for women and men.

Our Partners

The observatory relies on data provided by national sources, so the observatory's main partners are:

The General Authority for Statistics.

The National Observatory of Employment.

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The National Observatory for Gender Balance Indicators