Gender Sensitive M&E: To understand progress towards gender sensitive outcomes, it is necessary to integrate a gender lens into monitoring and evaluation of programs. A gender sensitive M&E system allows staff to understand the different effects of an intervention on men and women, and puts in place measures that identify progress towards achieving desired results. An effective gender-sensitive M&E system requires that key activities be undertaken at different points of the project cycle based on gender awareness, and the use of gender analysis frameworks. To collect relevant gender-sensitive data and information, programs will need to identify gender indicators around parity, equity and empowerment. Collecting and analyzing gender-sensitive indicator data will reveal how interventions, policies, budgets and/or cultural norms impact women and men differently.
Related Terms: Gender Sensitive, Women’s Empowerment Indicators, Gender Parity Indicators, Gender Equity Indicators
Gender Parity Indicators: Gender parity indicators measure changes in the equal participation of men and women. Gender Parity Indicators are used to assess the representation of women and men in any body, group, or organization. Gender parity indicators, for example, are used to measure progress towards increasing the representation of women in political processes. These indicators are used to monitor the progress in representation. However, they are limited in understanding issues of equity and empowerment of women..
Related Terms: Gender Equity Indicators, Women’s Empowerment Indicators, Gender and Development, Women in Development, Gender-Sensitive, Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Equity Indicators: the United Nations defines gender equity as: focusing on equality between women and men and the fair distribution of development benefits.Achieving equitable benefits for both men and women may require different kinds of interventions and/or levels of investment. Therefore, gender equity indicators attempt to move beyond measuring “parity” and attempt to measure the degree to which men and women are benefiting equally in a program, policy and/or budget initiative.
Related Terms: Gender Parity Indicators, Women’s Empowerment Indicators, Gender and Development, Women in Development, Gender-Sensitive, Gender Mainstreaming
Women’s Empowerment Indicators: Naila Kabeer defines women’s empowerment as a process of change by which women who have been denied the ability to make strategic life choices (i.e. Livelihood and marriage) acquire this ability and exercise choice. The process of exercising choice involves three interrelated dimensions; resources, agency, and achievement. Women’s empowerment indicators attempt to measure three domains of change defined by Naila Kabeer: the degree to which women (1) have access to resources; (2) practice agency and decision-making; and (3) are able to achieve their objectives. These indicators are useful measures for monitoring and evaluating change over time and progress towards women’s empowerment goals.
Related Terms: Gender Parity Indicators, Gender Equity Indicators, Gender and Development, Women in Development, Gender-Sensitive, Gender Mainstreaming
Gender-Sensitive: the United Nations defines gender sensitive as: taking into account the impact of policies, budgets and/or programmes on men, women, boys and girls and trying to mitigate the negative consequences thereof.
Related Terms: Gender Equity Indicators, Gender Parity Indicators, Women’s Empowerment Indicators, Gender and Development, Women in Development, Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Mainstreaming: the United Nations defines gender mainstreaming as: reorganizing, improving, developing and evaluating policy-making processes so as to incorporate a gender perspective in all policies at all levels and at all stages.
Related Terms: Gender Equity, Gender Parity, Women’s Empowerment, Gender and Development, Women in Development, Gender-Sensitive
Women in Development (WID): Based on the World Bank’s glossary of terms, the WID approach was developed in the 1970s with the objective of designing actions and policies to integrate women fully into development. This approach largely drew upon “parity” indicators to measure success.
Related Terms: Gender Equity, Gender Parity, Women’s Empowerment, Gender and Development, Gender-Sensitive, Gender Mainstreaming
Gender and Development (GAD): Based on the World Bank’s glossary of terms, the GAD approach was developed in the 1980s with the objective of removing disparities in social, economic and political equality between women and men as a pre-condition for achieving people-centered development. This approach largely drew upon “equity” indicators to measure success.
Related Terms: Gender Equity, Gender Parity, Women’s Empowerment, Women in Development, Gender-Sensitive, Gender Mainstreaming