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March 07, 2022

The Missing Piece: Reflections on How M&E Helps to Address the Gender Data Gap in Development Programs

59 minutes

What is the role of evidence and data in helping us address gender inequities? How can monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts help women and girls around the world? Join us for a special episode of “Powered by Evidence” for International Women’s Day. Get ready for a deep dive on topics around data, M&E and gender.

[02:50] Why is bridging the gender data gap important?

[09:52] What is women's empowerment and when should we measure this concept when conducting evaluations?

[17:20] What are some of the challenges in measuring women's and girls’ empowerment and other gender dimensions, and what can we, as evaluators, do to mitigate these challenges?

[37:02] What kind of capacity development support for evaluators is needed to ensure that these gender dimensions are included in evaluation more broadly?

[46:33] Examples where successfully integrating gender dimensions into evaluations or research created a change in a policy or program.

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By Global Evaluation Initiative