Gender Equality in Monitoring and Evaluation – Good Practice Note

Summary of publication

The Gender Equality in Monitoring and Evaluation Good Practice Note is an operational resource to assist Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) staff and partners to integrate gender equality into monitoring and evaluation and ensures adequate attention to gender equality in reporting. It is based on DFAT's standards for monitoring and evaluation, and relevant chapters of the Aid Programming Guide. This Good Practice Note sits under DFAT's Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Strategy and supports staff to implement Australia’s development strategy Partnerships for Recovery: Australia’s COVID-19 Development Response, which commits the Australian Government to maintaining Australia’s strong support and advocacy for initiatives to enhance gender equality and address gender-based violence, and to invest in gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. It can be read in conjunction with Good Practice Notes on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in DFAT's aid program; and Gender Equality in Investment Design.