This report reviews a selection of academic and donor literature examining donor work on gender equality and female empowerment. Most of the available literature focuses on organisational strategies to achieve gender sensitive programming rather than directly on equality outcomes. While promising donor approaches to gender equality and female empowerment were found, less evidence of impact is available, and many reports highlighted the lack of monitoring of interventions by all donor agencies. Few suitable indicators to rigorously measure impact on gender equality outside of the education and health sectors were found.
