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An African approach for gauging the gender responsiveness
of national monitoring and evaluation systems
The importance of strengthening national
evaluation systems is gaining traction with more
states investing in developing the evaluation
capacity of their institutions and systems for
improved program delivery. Embedded in that
approach, is the development of homegrown
evaluation tools to conduct country-driven
evaluations to improve overall government
efficiency and effectiveness. Mainstreaming
gender into evaluation policies and processes
and involving national gender machineries
should be part of the “modus operandi” of
national evaluation systems. A national gender
machinery monitors government actions to
promote gender equality (Testolin, 2001). In
Africa, Twende Mbele is a regional initiative
that supports and documents the collaborative
and individual efforts of state-led evaluations.
Furthermore, Twende Mbele emphasizes gender
mainstreaming as a cornerstone of national
evaluations. This article presents the findings
from a diagnostic study used to determine the
gender responsiveness of national monitoring
and evaluation systems in Benin, South Africa
and Uganda. The conclusion is that while the
three countries have implemented national
evaluation systems, these systems need to be
complemented with inputs from the existing
national gender machinery in order to make a
meaningful contribution to state evaluation
policies, institutions and processes.
of national monitoring and evaluation systems
The importance of strengthening national
evaluation systems is gaining traction with more
states investing in developing the evaluation
capacity of their institutions and systems for
improved program delivery. Embedded in that
approach, is the development of homegrown
evaluation tools to conduct country-driven
evaluations to improve overall government
efficiency and effectiveness. Mainstreaming
gender into evaluation policies and processes
and involving national gender machineries
should be part of the “modus operandi” of
national evaluation systems. A national gender
machinery monitors government actions to
promote gender equality (Testolin, 2001). In
Africa, Twende Mbele is a regional initiative
that supports and documents the collaborative
and individual efforts of state-led evaluations.
Furthermore, Twende Mbele emphasizes gender
mainstreaming as a cornerstone of national
evaluations. This article presents the findings
from a diagnostic study used to determine the
gender responsiveness of national monitoring
and evaluation systems in Benin, South Africa
and Uganda. The conclusion is that while the
three countries have implemented national
evaluation systems, these systems need to be
complemented with inputs from the existing
national gender machinery in order to make a
meaningful contribution to state evaluation
policies, institutions and processes.
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