NHRI Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Human Rights of Women and Girls into Our Everyday Work 2.5. EVALUATING A GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY PLANNING & DESIGN • Review the current situation • Agree the desired outcomes • Develop the gender mainstreaming plan EVALUATION IMPLEMENTATION • Step 6: Measure and report on the achievement of outcomes • Carry out the gender mainstreaming plan • Review/monitor Evaluation is the deliberate and planned assessment of the results of an activity and how well the related outcomes have been achieved. Evaluation will occur once the gender mainstreaming plan has been implemented. It enables the NHRI to measure the contribution that the gender mainstreaming plan and related activities have made to its goal of becoming a gender mainstreamed organisation. The evaluation will let the NHRI know: • What worked well and why • What didn’t work so well and why • What was learned that could be useful for future gender mainstreaming work. Information gained from the evaluation: • Enables the NHRI to report on what it has achieved, • Provides information about how to improve future activities • Ensures accountability to funders, partners and other key stakeholders • Provides information that may be useful for the gender mainstreaming efforts of other NHRIs. 28