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An
Introduction to Gender Audit Methodology: its design and implementation
in DFID Malawi Caroline Moser - Overseas Development
Institute May 2005
"This working paper outlines the main components of a recently
developed gender audit methodology. Its purpose is to provide a
background paper for those seeking to undertake gender audits, as well
as to show the uses of gender audits within the broader development
field of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The paper was
commissioned by the Evaluation Department of the UK Department for
International Development (DFID) and is intended for staff working in
London-based policy divisions and in field-based offices. Hopefully, it will also be useful beyond DFID, for others in development-focused
organisations also grappling with the methodological complexities of
auditing or evaluating gender mainstreaming in their organisations.
The working paper consists of the following five sections: Section 1
introduces the objectives of a gender audit and provides a brief
background to the origins of this working paper. Section 2 introduces
gender audits in terms of critical issues relating to definitions and
approaches to gender evaluation and gender audits. Section 3 examines
the objectives of gender audits relating to gender equality and gender
mainstreaming. Section 4 focuses on the components of a gender audit,
both the coverage and methodology for implementation and the structure
and contents of an audit document and related measurement issues.
Section 5 concludes.
At the outset, it is important to emphasise that, as a working paper,
this is not a set of ‘guidelines’: this would be a
far more extensive project in scope, and require more broad-based
comparative experience than is currently available. Nevertheless, it is
hoped that it can provide useful guidance for those concerned better to
understand the main objectives, methodology and components of gender
audits."(Posted 06/07/04)
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