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Oxfam is committed to mainstreaming women's rights and to transforming unequal gender and power relations. For its programmes, this means that it needs to track its contributions to these changes. This paper aims to share reflections on how to apply feminist principles to monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) practice. It includes case studies of Oxfam's experience of applying these principles to its programmes.

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This article looks at some realities and lessons from Oxfam as a confederation of nongovernment organisations, working together on gender inequality. It looks at how the individual affiliates have gone about strengthening our collective contribution to transformation of gender and power relations in the different environments we work in, and reflects on learning that can be taken away. It draws on the author's experience as Gender Justice Lead for Oxfam International, which provides leadership, coordination and support to the confederation's programmes, campaign, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. It concludes that there are powerful possibilities along with important challenges in working as a confederation to make the concerns and interests of women central to development practice.Cet article traite de certaines réalités et de certains enseignements d'Oxfam en tant que confédération d'ONG qui luttent ensemble contre l'inégalité entre les sexes. Il examine la manie`re dont chacun des affiliés s'y est pris pour renforcer notre contribution collective a`la transformation des relations de genre et de pouvoir dans les différents environnements dans lesquels nous travaillons, et réfléchit aux enseignements que nous pouvons en tirer. Il s'inspire de l'expérience de l'auteur en tant de responsable de la justice de genre pour Oxfam International, qui assure un leadership, une coordination et un soutien aux programmes, campagnes et travaux de suivi, d'évaluation et d'apprentissage de la confédération. Il conclut qu'il y a des possıbılıtés puissantes ainsi que des défis importants dans le travail mené en tant que confédération afin de placer les préoccupations et les intérêts des femmes au coeur même des pratiques de développement.Este artículo examina algunas de las situaciones concretas y algunas de las lecciones que se desprenden del trabajo de Oxfam como una confederación de ONG, así como de sus acciones en torno a la inequidad de género. En este sentido, analiza el modo en que cada uno de sus integrantes ha fortalecido el trabajo colectivo a favor de la transformación, tanto de la perspectiva de género como de las relaciones de poder en los distintos entornos en que se desempeña, reflexionando además, sobre las lecciones aprendidas. El artículo se basa en la experiencia de la autora como encargada de 585 justicia de género para Oxfam Internacional, organización que proporciona liderazgo, coordinación y apoyo a los programas, las campañas, el monitoreo, la evaluación y el aprendizaje de la confederación. En él se establece que, al trabajar como confederación, existen buenas posibilidades y, a la vez, importantes retos, para lograr que las problemáticas y los intereses de las mujeres se conviertan en un aspecto central de las acciones de desarrollo.

Rusiani and her son Habil in their shop in their shop in rural Indonesia (2010). Access to low-interest loans for small businesses is difficult, particularly for women. Photo: Suzi O'Keefe/Oxfam THE G20 AND GENDER EQUALITYHow the G20 can advance women's rights in employment, social protection and fiscal policies Across G20 countries and beyond, women are paid less than men, do most of the unpaid labour, are over-represented in part-time work, and are discriminated against in the household, in markets and in institutions. In 2012 in the Los Cabos Declaration, G20 leaders committed to tackling the barriers to women's full economic and social participation and to expanding opportunities for women in their countries. Oxfam supports this commitment, and calls on the G20 to go further and assess its agenda and actions on women's rights and gender equality. During the Australian presidency, the G20 has the chance to make good its promises for truly inclusive growthworking to make women more resilient to economic crisis through gender-sensitive economic growth and gender-equal employment policies.