Embed gender-wise practice through reporting, learning, governance and the people involved in your grantmaking.

Reporting and evaluation can help funders understand who a program reached, whether experiences or outcomes differed by gender, what barriers emerged, and what grantees learned through delivery. But this information is most useful when it does more than demonstrate that activity occurred. 

This Practice Guide explores how to continue applying a gender lens after funding decisions are made. It helps you learn with grant partners, understand who is participating and benefiting, bring gender insights into organisational decision-making, and consider whose perspectives are represented and influential in your own organisation.

Download the Practice Guides on:

• Acquittal & Reporting Templates 
• Gender-wise Program Reporting
• Your People

Outcomes

By the end of this guide, you will be better equipped to:

• include useful gender-wise questions in progress and final reporting
• understand differences in participation, access, experiences and outcomes
• use reporting as an opportunity for learning, not simply accountability
• apply insights from grant partners to strengthen future funding decisions
• bring relevant gender insights into organisational and Board reporting
• consider whose perspectives are represented, heard and able to influence your grantmaking.

Not sure where to begin? Take the Lens Check to reflect on your current grantmaking practice and identify which areas of learning may be most useful to prioritise.