2013/02 Lessons Learned on Gender Equality

Denmark has supported gender equality and women’s rights for more than three decades with varying foci, instruments and methodologies. With the recent adoption of a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA), gender equality, rights and diversity are poised to play an even more significant role in the Danish development framework in future.

The purpose of this evaluation study is, firstly, to compile lessons learned from Danida evaluations, evaluation studies and other evaluation publications conducted between 2004 and 2013, and, secondly, to distil a set of recommendations of relevance to the planned update of Danida’s gender equality strategy. A ten-year study period has been selected to capture evaluation findings since Danida developed its current strategy framework, Gender Equality in Danish Development Cooperation (2004).

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