TRANSFORM – The magazine for gender-responsive evaluation – Issue 28, May 2024

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

This issue of TRANSFORM features the recent “Corporate thematic evaluation of UN Women’s support to women’s political participation: Insights from the field”. UN Women’s initiatives to advance women’s political participation include:

• promoting supportive legislative and institutional reforms;
• building the capacity of women political aspirants and leaders;
• monitoring, preventing, and mitigating violence against women in politics; and
• encouraging social norms change to recognize women’s political leadership.