The article "Gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation for health systems" published in Health Policy and Planning, presents a methodological approach to integrating gender considerations into monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for health systems.
The "Pocket Tool for Managing Evaluation During the COVID-19 Pandemic" by UN Women is a concise, practical guide developed by the Independent Evaluation Service (IES) of the Independent Evaluation and Audit Services (IEAS). It is designed to support gender-responsive evaluation in the unique and often constrained conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UNDP Gender and Recovery Toolkit is a comprehensive resource developed by the United Nations Development Programme to help governments, civil society, and development partners integrate gender equality into crisis recovery and resilience-building efforts.
The PPP Gender Toolkit from the World Bank is a practical guide designed to help governments, PPP (public-private partnerships) practitioners, multilateral development banks (MDBs), and private sector stakeholders integrate gender considerations into PPPs, particularly in infrastructure projects.
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Tool Kit on Gender Equality Results and Indicators is a practical resource designed to help development practitioners integrate gender considerations into project planning, implementation, and evaluation.
This brief explores what gender-responsive M&E is, why it is important, and how to integrate it into health programs, with a particular focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health.
This brief addresses gender inequities that health workers who provide maternal and newborn health services experience. Key issues faced by providers include long working hours, poor remuneration, lack of training opportunities, violence, and restrictions on mobility. Example indicators under each area are provided.
While the importance of a gender lens for family planning/reproductive health and maternal and child health (FP/RH/MCH) policies and programs has been widely recognized, as of yet, most efforts to assess gender within these programs have focused on service delivery. This document presents a scorecard to aid in the review of how well gender is integrated into the governance of FP/RH/MCH policies and institutions. Based on the health governance triangle, the scorecard guides users through key indicators that look at the state, citizens, and providers, and provides a simple method for analyzing findings for useful dissemination.
Health financing plays a significant role in determining the availability of health care, who can access care, and the degree of financial protection provided to poor and vulnerable populations. Gender-responsive health financing for Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAHN) entails recognizing and analyzing how gender power relations affect the financing of access to and utilization of RMNCAH-N by women and men, boys, and girls.
Rigorous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is essential to the success of FP programs, and establishing consistent and effective indicators is part of the work of MEASURE Evaluation, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development, to improve health information systems globally. This brief outlines 15 key indicators that ministries of health and organizations can use to inform the M&E of programs that encourage male engagement in FP.