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

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.