UNDP/BRIDGE panel discussion on gender sensitive indicators and measurements of change, 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of

Gender-sensitive measurement

Published by: BRIDGE, 2007
Via: Eldis

Why is there a need for gender-sensitive measurements? How can we measure improvements in hard-to-measure areas such as empowerment or gender based violence? What are the uses and limits of international measurements? This document provides an overview of the presentations and discussion points of the expert panel discussion on gender sensitive indicators and measurements of change at the 51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women undertaken by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) Gender Team and BRIDGE at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in March 2007.

(http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/UNDP_BRIDGE_CSW.doc)