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Gender and social inclusion

The empowerment of women and girls in all aspects of life, with the engagement of men and boys, is vital to ensure safe, productive and fair societies. Gender-based violence, harmful traditional practices and entrenched social norms mean women and girls are disproportionately affected by the challenges faced by vulnerable communities and workers.

Persistent inequalities in access to opportunities and fair outcomes for women, girls and other marginalised groups undermines both their wellbeing and their contributions to economic and social progress at all levels of society. Our work addresses a cross-section of global gender inequality and inclusion challenges, and spans all of our topics, from women’s economic empowerment to addressing violence against women in families, workplaces and communities.

We design gender-sensitive and inclusive monitoring systems which include scope for understanding value for money and cost-effectiveness and work to implement monitoring and evaluation approaches that unpack discriminatory social and gender norms.

Projects

Evaluation of the World Food Programme’s Gender Policy

Without equal opportunities, access to resources and representation for all, hunger will not be eliminated. The goal of the...

Stamping out slavery in Nigeria – MEL Unit

Historically, Nigeria has been seen as a country of origin, transit and destination for human trafficking. Edo State has been...

Evaluation of the Gavi Alliance’s Gender Policy (2014-2018)

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4, aimed to reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the global under-five mortality...

Voices for Change

V4C (Voices for Change) was an ambitious, innovative gender programme, which sought to address the global challenge of...

Publications

Drivers of impact in research and innovation for development

Our Global Challenges Research (GCFR) evaluation survey highlights four important drivers of impact in research and innovation...

Promoting impact in research and innovation

How can management structures and implementation processes increase innovation and impact for development? Download the...

In Nigeria, three girls laugh together in front of a billboard that says 'Girls'.

Adolescents 360 Evaluation: Final Summative Report

This report presents the overall findings of the evaluation of the Adolescents 360 initiative (A360), which targeted...

A360 Process Evaluation – Final Report

Findings from a process evaluation of the Adolescents 360 program, which delivered modern contraception to over 400,000 girls...

Blogs and news

A health visitor wearing latex gloves checks the belly of a pregnant women as part of her routine pre-natal care.

Applying a power lens to improve accountability and action for women’s rights

Ahead of International Women’s Day 2025, we share insights on the linkages between power and accountability, and effective...

A woman in Africa stands behind a stall full of fruit and vegetables smiling and selling her stock.

Leveraging funder collaboration to accelerate action for gender equality

Collaboration amongst funders has emerged as a powerful tool to advance gender equality. To mark International Women’s Day...

Promoting more equitable and ethical AI use

Our award-winning research is helping mitigate AI gender bias in one of Mexico’s leading education pilots and providing...

USAID’s Equitable Challenge project wins EQUALS in Tech Award

Itad, with consortium partners, has won the 2023 EQUALS in Tech Award in the category of Research for its work to address...