INTEGRATING GENDER ISSUES INTO EVALUATION

First steps The first step is to search for gender issues within the context of your ICT project. This is essential because this exercise establishes the parameters in determining the objectives, questions and indicators for your evaluation. Our analytical approach is intended to help users understand the change associated with an ICT intervention from a gender perspective. It focuses both on understanding how this change affects women’s lives as well as gender equality at the household, community and other areas. At a broader level, the framework provides an analytical approach to identifying and understanding gender issues in the ICT sector and specifically women’s empowerment issues in ICT projects for development and social justice.

Some questions to be discussed: Was there discussion of gender issues in the project planning phase? What assumptions or research were made about how ICTs would facilitate change for women and men? How were women or groups of women identified in the project?

Issues to be considered: Power relations in society Gender inequalities Gender discriminacion (historical, cultural, economic, religious, ethnic, etc.) Women’s empowerment Decision making Access to resources and their benefits Control Participation

Gender and ICT issues Women and technology Use of ICTs in daily life Women as creators and producers of ICTs ICTs and women’s empowerment: -Access to relevant information -Networking -Lobby policy and decision makers -Awareness and possibilities to demand for rights