Gender in Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment
Jemimah Njuki
Team Leader: Poverty, Gender and Impact
FAO-ILRI Workshop on Integrating Gender in Livestock Projects and Programs,
ILRI, Addis Ababa, 22-25 November 2011

Some Definitions
Monitoring Evaluation
Observing, checking and recording activities, Judge value, merit, worth,
context in which they are realized (inputs,
Monitoring, Evaluation and
procedures)
Ensuring that inputs, activities proceed
quality, relevance, performance
Assess changes
Major decisions
what was planned) Impact
according to plans (Compare what happens with
Information for planning
Storing information for use in evaluation,
reporting...
Impact Assessment
Impact assessment is the systematic analysis of Key Differences
the lasting or significant changes-positive or Timing
negative, intended or not-in people’s lives
brought about by a given action or series of Specificity
actions Analytical level
It is an evaluation of how, and to what extent,
change had occurred.

Numbers
The Results Chain /Theory of change
Impacts are long term developmental results at the societal
level linked to the goal or vision. combination of outputs and
outcomes, but are not the direct results of a single project or
program. E.g.. Improved livelihoods, poverty eradicated…..
ULTIMATE
IMPACT
Outcomes are medium term, end of project
developmental results benefiting an identified
target population that are achievable within the
time frame of the project.
OUTCOME
Processes /Approaches:
Activity: OUTPUT
Outputs are the short term, immediate, visible and
concrete and tangible results that are the immediate
consequences of project inputs and activities.
ACTIVITIES
Time

Indicators
• Indicators are qualitative and
quantitative measures used to monitor
progress made towards the
achievement of expected results over
time in a specific intervention
compared to targets.
– SMART
– Qualitative and Quantitative
– Local and Scientific
– Gendered

Gender in Monitoring and
Evaluation
• Gendered outputs, outcomes and
impacts (derived from the objectives)
• Gender specific outcomes
• Gendered indicators
• Disaggregation of data during data
collection, management and analysis

From Objectives to Indicators
Objective Possible indicators
Develop vaccines for key major Number of men and women farmers accessing
diseases that are suitable for use by and using vaccines
smallholders, women and marginal Perception of men and women on the
suitability of the vaccines
farmers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Use of the vaccines on men and women owned
and Somalia
livestock
Increased productivity of women owned
animals
Develop, test and evaluate effective Number of women animal health workers
and sustainable strategies for providing animal health services
disseminating animal health
Profitability of women owned animal health
information to women farmers in
services
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and
Somalia Number of women reached with different
animal health services
Increased capacity of women to use animal
health services

Gender in Monitoring and
Evaluation
• Men and women have different indicators based
on their preferences
– Involving men and women in developing evaluation
criteria and indicators
– Separate evaluation and tools between men and
women to take into account differences

Other issues in evaluation
Other key issues in evaluation
– Who to ask questions, interview?
– Disaggregation of data..what data and what level of
disaggregation
– Use tools and methods that bring out the gender
issues;

Types of indicators covered
• Assets
• Access to and use of technologies
• Production and Productivity
• Labour use in livestock production
• Contribution of livestock to cash /no cash income
• Food security