Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Policy Evaluation in Official Development Assistance

Tanaka Yumiko

doi:10.11278/jjoes2001.4.20

This paper examines the concept of gender mainstreaming in the Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA), and its evaluation methodology from a gender perspective. It discusses what is gender equality, gender mainstreaming, gender impact analysis and gender policy evaluation.<BR>It examines the preceding studies by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Swedish International Development Agency on gender mainstreaming strategies and their evaluations undertaken in different sector assistance programs and projects for developing countries. The evaluation studies drew similar lessons learned on the impact of gender mainstreaming strategies and their constraints.<BR>The application of the above evaluation studies gives future directions and suggestions for the evaluation of Japanese ODA policies, programs and projects from a comprehensive gender mainstreaming perspective. The gender evaluation methods to be applied cannot be only technical per se but more of a political process to make the gender equality as an explicit objective of ODA. Through such direction, its gender as well as overall impacts will be measurable, thus possibly indicates the increase of the overall impact and efficiency of the ODA.

Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Policy Evaluation in Official Development Assistance

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