Evaluation from a gender perspective: learning from british and Swedish development cooperation systems
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.126Keywords:
Evaluation, gender equality, development cooperation policiesAbstract
Gender equality was introduced into international development evaluation two decades ago. Over these years, there have been different experiences in incorporating gender issues into the evaluative exercises. In this paper, we analyze the evaluative experience of British and Swedish development cooperation systems –two of the most outstanding in relation to gender and evaluation- during the period 2000-2010 and we study how they have included gender equality in evaluation. We especially explore the incorporation of gender issues in their political commitment, evaluation procedures, methodologies and practices. And, according to this analysis, we present some learning in order to enlighten next evaluation exercises and to contribute to the improvement and accountability of the development cooperation policies.
Downloads
References
BANCO MUNDIAL (2005). Gender Issues in Monitoring and Evaluation in Rural Development: A Tool Kit. Washington. World Bank
BATLIWALA S (2011). Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation for Women’s Rights: Thirteen Insights for Women’s Organizations. Toronto, AWID
BATLIWALA S, PITTMAN A (2010). Capturing Change in Women’s Realities. A Critical Overview of Current Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks and Approaches. Toronto, AWID
BENERÍA L (2005). Género, desarrollo y globalización. Por una ciencia económica para todas las personas. Barcelona, Hacer Editorial
BERGSTÉN S (2001). Sida’s Gender Policy and Evaluations in relation to contemporary academic thinking. Tesina, Gotemburg Universtiy
DAVIES R, DART J (2005) The Most Significant Change (MSC) Tecnique. A Guide to Its Use. Reino Unido, CARE International
DE WAAL M (2006). Evaluating Gender Mainstreaming in Development Practices. In: Development in Practice, 16 (2):209-214
ESPINOSA J (2013a). La evaluación sensible al género: Una herramienta para mejorar la calidad de la ayuda. Cuadernos de género. Madrid, Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales, 2:113-124
ESPINOSA J (2013b). Moving towards gender-sensitive evaluation? Practices and challenges in international development evaluation. Evaluation 19(2):171-182
ESPINOSA J (2013c). Promoting Human Rights and Gender Sensitive Evaluations: Key Ideas for Evaluating Gender Equality Results. Discussion paper presented at UN Women Expert Group Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming Approaches in Development Programming: Being Strategic and Achieving Results in an Evolving Development Context. Santo Domingo, 29-4 a 3-5. 2013
FIDA (1995). Directrices Básicas para la Evaluación de las Cuestiones de Género. Roma, FIDA
GONZÁLEZ L, MURGUIALDAY C (2004). Evaluar con enfoque de género, Cuadernos Bakeaz, 66, Bakeaz, Bilbao
HUNT J, BROUWERS R (2003). Review of Gender and Evaluation, Final Report to DAC Network on Development Evaluation, DAC Evaluation Series. OCDE
JOHNSON R (2005). Not a Sufficient Condition: The Limited Relevance of The Gender MDG to Women’s Progress. In: C. Stweetman (ed.), Gender and the Millenium Development Goals, Oxford, Oxfam GB, pp. 56-66
LIGERO LASA J A (2011). Dos métodos de evaluación: criterios y teoría del programa. Serie CECOD. Madrid, CEU Ediciones
LIGERO LASA J A, ESPINOSA FAJARDO J, MORMENEO C, BUSTELO M (2014). Aproximaciones a hacer una evaluación sensible al género y al enfoque basado en derechos para el desarrollo. Madrid, MAEC. http://www.cooperacionespañola.es/sites/default/files/diferentes_aprox_on-line_definitivo.pdf
MIKKELSEN B (2005). Methods for Development Work and Research. A New Guide for Practitioners. Nueva Delhi, Sage
MOSER CON (1995). Planificación de género y desarrollo. Teoría, práctica y capacitación. Lima, Red Entre Mujeres y Flora Tristán Ediciones
OIT (2007). Guía para la evaluación. Consideración del género en el seguimiento y evaluación de proyectos. OIT
ONU MUJERES (2011). Manual de ONU. Mujeres sobre la evaluación con enfoque de igualdad de género y Derechos Humanos. ONU Mujeres. http://unifem.org/evaluation_manual/es/index.html , acceso, 30 de diciembre de 2013
RAO A, KELLEHER D (2005). Is there life after gender mainstreaming?». Gender and Development, 13(2):57-69
RUIZ-BRAVO LÓPEZ P, BARRIG M (2002). Lineamientos para la incorporación del enfoque de género en el seguimiento y evaluación de proyectos. PREVAL II
UNEG (2011) Handbook for Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality Perspectives in Evaluations in the UN System. UNEG. http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/IOS/temp/HRGE%20Handbook.pdf , acceso, 30 de diciembre de 2013
WOODFORD-BERGER P (2000). Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. A DAC review of agency experiences 1993-1998. Estocolmo. ASDI
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2014 Julia Espinosa-Fajardo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
