Human Rights Education A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions 9.3.3. Evaluation and reporting In addition to the more general considerations when undertaking evaluation covered in Chapter 8 the following considerations may be helpful when including a gender lens in the evaluation and reporting process. • Gender expertise: Does additional expertise and experience need to be sought to undertake a gender review of the education program? • Data collection: Is evaluation data collected in a way that enables it to be separated by sex (female/ male/diverse) and broken down further by such factors as race, caste, ethnicity, indigeneity, age and ability? • Analysis: Is data analysed as a total, as well as by sex, to highlight any differences that might be linked to gender? Where there are differences, is analysis undertaken to explore potential causes – cultural norms, physical barriers, unconscious expectations etc – so these can be addressed? • Reporting: Are participation rates always separated by sex? Does the report demonstrate a commitment to achieving gender balance and equality, highlighting key findings from the gendered analysis? • Recommendations: Are suggestions included to ensure future projects/programs improve the way they achieve gender balance, equity and diversity153 154 The Asia Pacific Forum Secretariat offers learning courses specifically designed for member NHRIs to promote and protect the human rights of women and girls. It combines a specialist and mainstreaming approach that reflects the APF’s gender strategy. The objectives of the course are to: • Put into practice the APF publication ‘Promoting and Protecting the Human Rights of Women and Girls: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions’ • Provide skills and knowledge to support NHRIs to promote and protect women’s and girls’ human rights and address sex discrimination and gender inequality through their functions • Expand skills and competencies of NHRI staff to integrate gender analysis within their work and to undertake specialised projects for promoting and protecting women’s and girls’ human rights • Support the NHRI to consider the development of an internal gender mainstreaming policy and strategy. The APF developed a training package in 2014 which including developing a resource Manual on Women and Girls’ Human Rights154 and a blended learning course based on the manual. The blended learning approach involved an online training course and face-to-face training workshop. 88 153 CORE, Gender Lens Checklist (2018). Available at https://whg.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CoRE-Gender-LensChecklist.pdf. 154 APF (2014) Manual on Women and Girls’ Human Rights. Available online at www.asiapacificforum.net/resources/manual-onwomen-and-girls/.