IATI data used in Oxfam America's gender equality research

A report published by Oxfam America has used IATI data to review international projects on gender equality.

Oxfam America’s report called “Are they Really Gender Equality Projects?” assesses the quality of projects funded and delivered by humanitarian and development donors. The research looks at data from seven donors on projects that they have marked as addressing gender equality.

Aria Grabowski, Oxfam America’s Policy Advisor who co-authored the report, used publicly available data from IATI’s platform d-portal.org.

Aria Grabowski, Oxfam America’s Policy Advisor who co-authored the report, used publicly available data from IATI’s platform d-portal.org. The report reviewed documents published for 72 projects, worth $6 billion, across various sectors, including agriculture, health, and humanitarian aid.

All projects chosen for review were published by donors who used the OECD Credit Reporting System (CRS) Policy Marker called ''Gender Equality’, or their own gender marker in the case of the World Bank. D-portal.org has a search feature that can be used to find IATI data that includes policy markers:

Once chosen, the projects’ documents were assessed against a set of “high quality indicators” compiled by Oxfam America. Examples of these indicators included whether a gender analysis of the project had been conducted, whether this analysis informed its design, and whether data and indicators were disaggregated by sex where applicable.

Aria Grabowski said:

“This research was in part made possible by efforts to improve search features for data by the IATI Technical Team, along with the push to provide more useful and usable information by donors.

“This research was in part made possible by efforts to improve search features for data by the IATI Technical Team, along with the push to provide more useful and usable information by donors.

Our report made key recommendations to donors, practitioners, and partners about how transparency and reporting can be improved for gender equality. This includes gender marking a project in the pre-design phase, publishing detailed documents including gender analysis, use gender equality indicators and gender-disaggregated data, and ensuring that gender projects are marked with a gender policy marker in IATI”.

For more information read the report’s accompanying blog from Aria Grabowski and download the full report: Are They Really Gender Equality Projects. An examination of donors’ gender-mainstreamed and gender-equality focused projects to assess the quality of gender-marked projects.