Why is gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation important?

Gender inequality is pervasive in all socioeconomic and political contexts, including within health systems. Gender inequitable power imbalances in health systems undermine progress toward intended reforms and improvements in health outcomes. Moreover, when intended reforms and improvements do not consider gender inequalities within the health system, these inequalities can be perpetuated or exacerbated as health systems change and evolve. The purpose of monitoring and evaluating health programs is to track and support progress toward intended reforms and reach intended beneficiaries, as well as to assess whether intended outputs and outcomes have been achieved. As a result, it is important that health programs, interventions, and reforms proactively address gender inequalities, and that monitoring and evaluation of these efforts track whether, and to what extent, the desired success is being achieved. If we do not measure gender inequality, we will not be able to address it.

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