Guidance note on integrating health equity, gender equality, disability inclusion and human rights in WHO evaluations

Overview

This guidance note summarizes practical steps to ensure that health equity, gender equality, disability inclusion and human rights are meaningfully integrated into WHO evaluation processes and products. The note also provides key references for more in-depth information on the different aspects covered.

It includes:

• an overview of definitions and principles of these concepts and how they apply to evaluations;
• a summary of the key aspects to take into account in each of the phases of the evaluation process;
• a set of health equity, gender equality, disability inclusion and human rights-focused evaluation questions that can be customized for particular evaluation types.

This guidance note’s target audiences are evaluation managers, evaluators, programme managers and key WHO partners involved in the conduct of WHO-commissioned evaluations at central and decentralized levels.