Governance of the evaluation function at UN Women

Evaluation policy

The evaluation policy governs the independent evaluation function of UN Women and applies to all initiatives supported and funds administered by the organization. It is aligned with the norms and standards of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) but is tailored specifically to the unique mandate and role of UN Women to conduct evaluations responsive to gender equality and women’s rights and to support coordination, coherence and accountability with respect to gender equality and the empowerment of women in the United Nations system.

Executive Board sessions on evaluation

The Report on the evaluation function is presented annually to the UN Women Executive Board through its annual session. Corporate evaluations and respective management responses are presented to the Board through its regular sessions.

Executive Board documents related to evaluation

Annual session, 17–19 June 2025

• Report of the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2024 (UNW/2025/4)
• Report on the corporate evaluation of UN Women’s support to women’s participation in peace processes, 2024 (UNW/2025/CRP.3)

Annual session, 18–20 June 2024

• Report of the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2023 (UNW/2024/4)
• Report on the corporate thematic evaluation of UN-Women’s support to women's political participation (UNW/2024/CRP.4)

Informal briefing on evaluation, 18 January 2024

• A meta-synthesis of UN-Women evaluation evidence related to advocacy and communications (UNW/2024/CRP.2)

Annual session, 19–21 June 2023

• Report on the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2022 (UNW/2023/4)
• Report on the independent evaluation of UN-Womens contribution to women’s economic empowerment (UNW/2023/CRP.4)

Annual session, 21–22 June 2022

• Report on the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2021 (UNW/2022/4)
• Corporate evaluation on UN-Women’s work on policy advocacy (UNW/2022/CRP.4)

First regular session, 14–15 February 2022

• Evidence and lessons on types of UN-Women support: A meta-synthesis of UN Women evaluations (UNW/2022/CRP.2)

Annual session, 21–23 June 2021

• Report on the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2021 (UNW/2021/3)
• Corporate evaluation on UN-Women’s coordinating and convening role in ending violence against women (UNW/2021/CRP.5)

First regular session, 15–16 February 2021

• Corporate evaluation of support provided by UN-Women to United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 national action plans on women, peace, and security (UNW/2021/CRP.2)
• Effectiveness and efficiency assessment of UN-Women flagship programme initiatives and thematic priorities of the strategic plan 2018–2021 (UNW/2021/CRP.3)

Annual session, 22–23 June 2020

• Report on the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2019 (UNW/2020/4)
• Evaluation policy of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNW/2020/5)

Second regular session, 9–10 September 2019

• Meta-analysis of evaluations managed by UN-Women in 2018 (UNW/2019/CRP.7)

Annual session, 18–20 June 2019

• Report on the evaluation function of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2018 (UNW/2019/4) 
• Corporate evaluation of UN-Women’s contribution to governance and national planning (UNW/2019/CRP.2)