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How to – Monitor, evaluate and improve
3.0 Monitor, evaluate and improve
The more accurate and reliable the data upon which an indicator is based,
the better it will be as a measure of change – positive or negative. The
accuracy of data is dependent on good engagement and consultation,
a core principle of a gendered approach.
We have already discussed how
indicators should reflect or represent
all the elements of a situation you
wish to track in order to design
and implement programmes that
lead to better gender and diversity
outcomes.
Until a programme has been fully
implemented and run its course, it
will be impossible to evaluate how
well it achieved its objectives and
what the impacts have been, positive
or negative. Monitoring, however,
should be an ongoing process.
A gender-sensitive monitoring
framework should be outlined in
the multi-year communities plans.
Ongoing monitoring allows us to
see the successes or shortcomings of
our programmes as they progress,
which provides a basis for making
adjustments and improvements,
along the way. Evaluation should
take place once the work has
been completed and will measure
the outcomes and impacts of the
programme or activity.
Monitoring and evaluation of gender
sensitive data, as part of regular
evaluation processes, is essential
in order to:
– ensure that programmes and
projects promote gender equality;
– ensure that any adverse impacts
are not disproportionately falling
on either men or women;
– enable better policy and planning;
and
– measure progress against
commitments to gender.
Ideally, monitoring and evaluation
would involve women and men
as full participants, not just as
providers of data and information
as this will result in a better
understanding of who in the
community has benefited from
mining development and who
has borne the highest cost (UNDP
2006). A monitoring process that
involves stakeholders, for example,
in developing indicators and
collecting data, can help ensure that
monitoring becomes a co-managed
process rather than a process driven
solely by the mining operation.
Checklist
[ √ ] Does the monitoring framework
include gender sensitive
indicators?
[ √ ] Are these indicators
underpinned by credible data
and are they updated regularly?
[ √ ] Is monitoring taking place in a
planned way and on a regular
basis?
[ √ ] Are changes/adjustments being
made to programmes as a result
of monitoring?
[ √ ] Are monitoring and evaluation
processes participatory wherever
possible, and inclusive of both
women and men?
3.1 Continual improvement
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Monitoring, evaluation, audit and
assessment should raise awareness
about the size and scale of the
gender gap and the extent to
which an activity has addressed
the different needs, aspirations,
resources and constraints of women
and men. This information should
inform project and programme
implementation and identify
opportunities for improvement
for new and existing projects,
at all stages of mine life.
Other opportunities through which
we can monitor and evaluate
gender at the local level include:
– site managed assessments;
– communities diagnostic; and
– technical evaluation group
reviews.
Monitoring is the ongoing
measurement of progress against
gender indicators using accurate
and reliable information.
Evaluation is the assessment
of overall and end achievements
and results. It centres mostly on
outcomes and impacts.