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:01-FSB-Ch01 9/22/08 9:39 AM Page 675. MODULE 16. gender Issues in Monitoring and Evaluation Overview C. ommon sense tells us that if we do not consciously What role do different genders play in agriculture, rural attempt to measure our progress in life, we will not development, and water management? Women are the key know whether we have achieved our planned agricultural workers in some countries but are not involved impact in other words, what gets measured, gets man- at all in others. In many southern African countries, women aged. Given the enormous amounts of money invested in provide most of the labor for agriculture and small livestock agricultural and rural development by national govern- production, yet in many cases they receive little benefit. In ments and international donors, monitoring and evaluation Asia different tasks in the agricultural cycle are carried out (M&E) are accepted as important steps for assessing by men or women. In most countries, large livestock such as progress toward specific outcomes and for measuring cattle are managed by men, although milking may be done impact.

Gender-disaggregated quantitative data are not easily available from local government sources but must often be collected separately for a program or project, which

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