Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) members have elected Zambia as a member of the United Nations Statistical Commission
Making data and statistics more inclusive in developing countries
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Measuring disability through household surveys and population censuses is challenging and there is not a gold standard approach. In censuses or surveys, disability is often captured through questions on functional difficulties (e.g. seeing, hearing), activities of daily living (e.g. bending, bathing), broad activity limitation (e.g. inability to work due to a health condition) or a general question (“do you have a disability?”).
In 2017, the United Nations Statistical Commission adopted revised guidelines for the collection of disability data in national censuses (United Nations 2017). The Commission recommends that the following four functional domains be considered essential in determining disability status in a way that can be reasonably measured using a census and that would be appropriate for international comparison: (a) W
22 April 2021
West Midlands CA chief executive
Deborah Cadman has taken the same role at Birmingham City Council on an interim basis. Ms Cadman will serve for the period up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games and local elections, after which the recruitment of a permanent chief will begin.
In February the previous interim,
Chris Naylor, returned to Barking & Dagenham LBC after a secondment in Birmingham concluded several months earlier than planned. Ms Cadman was the first permanent chief executive of the combined authority when it was formed in 2017, having previously been chief executive of Suffolk CC.
Ms Cadman, who described herself as “a Brummie born and bred”, said the opportunity to become chief executive was “one I just couldn’t turn down”.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council has selected Finland as a member of the United Nations Statistical Commission for the term of 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025. The Director General of Statistics Finland, Markus Sovala, represents Finland in the Statistical Commission.
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