TRANSFORM – The magazine for gender-responsive evaluation – Issue 1, June 2015

UN Women regularly evaluates its own work to enhance accountability, inform decision-making and contribute to learning on gender equality. “TRANSFORM – The magazine for gender-responsive evaluation” uses data visualization and concise evaluation recommendations to highlight good practices and lessons learned on what works for gender equality for transformative change. Produced by the Independent Evaluation Office, TRANSFORM features UN Women corporate evaluations and meta-analyses, along with issues specifically dedicated to gender-responsive evaluation.

In the first issue, the Independent Evaluation Office presents a review of policies, systems and practices promoting gender responsive evaluation in the United Nations and national evaluation systems. Readers learn how the United Nations system and individual entities continue to make progress in making gender equality a priority in evaluation systems. Readers also discover how Governments, voluntary organizations for professional evaluation and parliamentarians are working together to promote gender-responsive national evaluation policies and systems.