How much have development programmes supported women in their daily lives and in their struggles for equality and justice Important though it is for development interventions to be accountable to funders they are equally responsible to the women and men with whom they work. Monitoring and evaluation tools are needed therefore to examine the effects of development and humanitarian work on womenamprsquos empowerment and gender equality.ampnbsp Gender Monitoring Evaluation and Learning explores the tools and approaches used by different organizations to monitor womenamprsquos economic empowerment incidence of violence against women and girls and other aspects of womenamprsquos empowerment. Contributors include experienced practitioners from organizations such as CARE IRC Oxfam Helvetas and Womankind Worldwide.