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WHY EVALGENDER+
Gender equality and social equity are central to ensure the realization of sustainable and equitable development, including in emergency and humanitarian contexts. The persistence of social inequity and significant gender inequalities in the world, including in low, middle and high income countries, presents a major barrier to equitable and sustainable development, negating fundamental human rights and the expansion of human freedoms. The future Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will replace the existing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), will very likely include gender-equality and reducing inequalities as two stand-alone goals, as well as mainstream them within all goals. Given that the SDGs will be “localized” in national development goals and strategies, gender equality and social equity are expected to be among the key strategies and outcomes mainstreamed in global and national development strategies.
In this context, the global evaluation community is facing an overall challenge:
How the global evaluation community can strengthen national evaluation systems, with the aim of contributing to the achievement of sustainable and equitable development, by providing relevant and good-quality gender-responsive and equity focused evidence to inform the design and implementation of international (including future Sustainable Development Goals), regional and national development policies and programmes?
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