At the request of the USAID East Africa Regional Mission in collaboration with the Inter-agency Gender Working Group, MEASURE Evaluation developed this compendium with a technical advisory group (TAG) of experts. The TAG was comprised of specialists from a variety of international donor agencies, NGOs and prominent researchers and programmatic experts in the field.
The compendium was developed for managers, organisations and policy makers working in the field of violence against women and girls (VAW/G) programme implementation and evaluation in developing countries, as well as for people who provide technical assistance to these individuals and organisations. Indicators were developed to measure the following areas within VAW/G:
- Magnitude and characteristics of different forms of VAW/G (skewed sex rations, intimate partner violence, violence from someone other than an intimate partner, female genital cutting/mutilation and child marriage)
- Programs addressing VAW/G by sector (health, education, justice/security, social welfare)
- Under-documented forms of VAW/G and emerging areas (humanitarian emergencies, trafficking in persons, femicide)
- Preventing VAW/G (youth, community mobilisation, working with men and boys).
Programmes that may not specifically focus on VAW/G but include reducing levels of VAW/G as part of their aims, can also use the indicators. The indicators have been designed to address information needs that can be assessed with quantitative methods to measure program performance and achievement at the community, regional and national levels. While many of the indicators have been used in the field, they have not necessarily been tested in multiple settings.
The scope of this compendium is limited to VAW/G and does not address the types of GBV that are not perpetrated on women. Thus, the indicators presented are directed towards programmes aimed at the prevention of and response to VAW/G only. As such, the only indicators targeted towards men are those oriented towards measuring programmatic outputs and outcomes associated with attitudes, beliefs and behaviours that are associated with the prevention of VAW/G. Many of the other indicators could be adopted for use among men and boys.
