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1 FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY 27 May 2016 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Sex-disaggregated data for the SDG indicators in Asia and the Pacific: What and how? May 2016 Bangkok LIST OF PARTICIPANTS MEMBERS BANGLADESH Mr Mir Mir Hossain, Deputy Secretary, Statistics & Informatics Division, Planning Ministry, Dhaka Ms Laila Jesmin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Dhaka BHUTAN Ms Pema Choden, Planning Officer, Gross National Happiness Commission, Thimphu Mr Sonam Penjor, Chief Program Officer, Women Division, National Commission for Women and Children Secretariat, Thimphu CAMBODIA Ms Vouchlim Te, Director of Planning and Statistics Department, Planning and Statistics Department, Ministry of Women s Affairs, Phnom Penh Ms Sovanny Khim, Deputy Chief of Statistics Office, Planning and Statistics Department of the Ministry of Women s Affairs, Phnom Penh Ms Lina Hang, Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Phnom Penh Mr Lay Chhan, Deputy Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Phnom Penh INDIA Ms Sunitha Bhaskar, Director, Social Statistics Division, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, New Delhi

2 2 IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Ms Firoozeh Sadat Saadati, Head of Training and Public Participation Office at DOE, Training and Public Participation Office, Isfahan Ms Maryam Roghanchy, Expert on Household Economic Statistics, Office of Population and Labour Force Statistics and Census, Tehran LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Ms Thirakha Chanthalanouvong, Deputy Director General, Department of Social Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vientiane Ms Malaykanh Keomounty, Director of Administrative and Personal Division, National Commission for the Advancement of Women-Secretariat s office, Vientiane MALAYSIA Ms Rozita ABD Matalib, Deputy Director, Economic Planing Unit, Prime Minister's Department, Putrajaya Mr Mohd Sofi Ali, Principal Assistant Director, Department of Statistics Malaysia, Putrajaya NEPAL Mr Bharat Raj Sharma, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Data Analysis Division from the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu Dr Rudra Suwal, Deputy Director General, Social Statistics Division, Central Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu Mr Yemendra Upadhyay, Under Secretary, National Women Commission, Kathmandu PAKISTAN Ms Fauzia Viqar, Chairperson, Punjab Commission on The Status of Women, Punjab Ms Fauzia Viqar, Chair, Punjab, Islamabad Ms Rabia Awan, Director and Gender, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Islamabad PHILIPPINES Ms April Mendoza, Supervising Economic Development Specialist,Social Deveopment Staff, National Economic and Development Authority, Pasig Ms Bernadette Balamban, Chief Statistical Specialist, Philippine Statistical Authority, Diliman Quenzon

3 3 REPUBLIC OF KOREA Ms Young Shil Park, Deputy Director, Statistical Research Institute, Statistics Korea, Daejeon SAMOA Mr Benjamin Sebastian, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Apia Ms Leutogitupaitea Uesele-Maiava, Senior Information Officer, Ministry of Women, Community, Social Development, Apia THAILAND Ms Natpatson Nithiprapawat, Chief of Social Statistic Coordination Group, National Statistical Office, Bangkok Ms Nattanan Wisuchartpong, Statistician, National Statistical Office, Bangkok Ms Tassanee Sushevagul, Social Development Worker Senior, Professional Level, Division of Strategy and Planning Office of Women s Affairs and Family Development, Bangkok Ms Panida Hansawasdi, Social Development Officer, Department of Women Affiars and Family Development, Bangkok TIMOR-LESTE Mr Cesar Melito Dos Santos Martins, SDGs-Focal Point for Timor Leste, General Directorate of Statistics, Dili Ms Sara Maria Pereira, Liaison Officer for Education and Health, Office of Prime Minister, Social Audit Unit, Dili Ms Santina Soares, Gender Advisor to Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Dili Mr João Lino Guterres, Staff of the Department of Monitoring and Evaluation, Secretary of State for Support and Socio-Economic Promotion of Women, Dili VIET NAM Ms Ha Nguyen Thi Thu, Senior Official, Ministry of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs, Department of Gender Equality, Ha Noi Mr Chung Nguyen Dinh, Deputy Director of The Social and Environmental Statistics Department, General Statistical Office (GSO), Ha Noi

4 Mr Papa Seck, Policy Specialist, New York 4 UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT UN WOMEN Ms Janneke Van Der Graaff Kukle, Regional Strategic Planning and Coordination Specialist, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok Ms Ruangkhao Ryce Chanchai, Programme Specialist, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok UNITED NATIONS BODIES UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) Ms Britany Duncan, UNDP, Bangkok Ms Koh Miyaoi, Asia and the Pacific Gender Team Leader, UNDP, Bangkok Ms Yumiko Yamamoto, Policy Specialist, Inclusive Growth, UNDP, Bangkok UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA) Ms Lubna Baqi, Deputy Director, UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok Ms Ingrid FitzGerald, Technical Adviser, Gender and Human Rights, UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, UNFPA, Bangkok Ms Sujata Tuladhar, Technical Specialist, Violence against Women, Dili Mr Jose Ramon Albert, Lead statistician / Consultant, Zero Poverty Solutions, New York SPECIALIZED AGENCIES ILO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Mr Tite HABIYAKARE, Regional Labour Statistician, ILO, Bangkok Ms Fernanda Barcia de Mattos, Microdata Analyst, ILO, Bangkok

5 5 UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) Ms Aki Osawa, Project Assistant, UIS-AIMS Unit, UNESCO, Bangkok Mr Bertrand Tchatchoua, Regional Adviser/ Head, UIS-AIMS Unit, UNESCO, Bangkok Mr Roshan Bajracharya, Assistant Programme Specialist, UIS-AIMS Unit, UNESCO, Bangkok INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) Ms Vivian Francisco, Strategy and Policy Officer, Strategy and Policy Department, Manila Mr Kaushal Joshi, ADB principle statistician, Manila Ms Laurence Levaque, Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Social Development, Governance and Gender Division, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB, Manila SOUTHEAST ASIAN MINISTERS OF EDUCATION ORGANIZATION (SEAMEO) SECRETARIAT Ms Asmah Ahmad, Programme Officer II (Evaluation), Bangkok RESOURCE PERSON RESOURCE PERSON Ms Shariza Kamarudin, Gender Responsive Participatory Budgeting Senior Project Officer, Penang Women s Development Corporation (PWDC), Penang, Malaysia Ms Indira Hirway, Director, Center for Development Alternative, Gujarat, India Ms Jessica Gadner, Statistical Consultant, Stats2info.com, Sydney, Australia Ms Rohana Ghani, Penang Women s Development Corporation (PWDC), Penang, Malaysia Ms Choon Sim Cecilia Ng, GRPB Advisor (PWDC) and Independent Researcher, Penang Women s Development Corporation (PWDC), Penang, Malaysia Ms Tanvi Bhatkal, Senior Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute, London, United Kingdom

6 6 SECRETARIAT Mr Yanhong Zhang Mr Valery Dugain Mr Matthew Perkins Ms Sharita Serrao Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section (PSS), SD Statistician, PSS, SD Statistician, Economic and Environment Statistics Section (EES), SD Statistics Assistant Ms Diana Rodriguez Associate Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division STATISTICAL INSTITUTE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (SIAP) Mr Arman Bidharbakht Nia Lecturer/Statistician, Chiba, Japan

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