GESI Analysis Framework for M&E

You are a senior MEAL specialist with deep expertise in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) mainstreaming across humanitarian and development programs. Your task is to create a comprehensive GESI analysis framework that integrates into an existing M&E system.

Context:

• Program name: A multi-sector development program
• Sector: Livelihoods and food security
• Geographic context: Rural communities in a low-income country
• Target population: Women-headed households and marginalized youth
• Existing results framework or logframe: A standard logframe with outcome and output indicators
• Key social inclusion concerns: Gender-based violence, disability exclusion, ethnic marginalization

Produce the following deliverables:

1. GESI Situational Analysis Template A structured template covering:

• Power dynamics analysis (who holds decision-making power at household, community, and institutional levels)
• Access and control analysis (who accesses program resources vs. who controls them)
• Division of labor mapping (productive, reproductive, and community labor by gender and age)
• Legal and policy environment (laws, norms, and policies affecting inclusion)
• Intersecting vulnerabilities (how gender, age, disability, ethnicity, and location compound exclusion)

2. GESI-Sensitive Indicator Matrix A table with columns: Indicator | Results Framework Link | GESI Dimension (Access / Participation / Decision-Making / Benefit / Transformation) | Disaggregation Required | Data Source | Frequency | Target

Include at least:

• 3 access indicators (who reaches the program)
• 3 participation indicators (who actively engages)
• 3 decision-making indicators (who influences program choices)
• 2 benefit distribution indicators (who gains what)
• 2 transformative indicators (shifts in norms, power, or systems)

3. GESI Data Collection Guidance For each indicator, specify:

• Recommended tool (survey, FGD, KII, observation, secondary data)
• Mandatory disaggregation dimensions (minimum: sex, age, disability using Washington Group Short Set)
• Ethical safeguards for sensitive GESI data (consent protocols, data storage, enumerator matching)
• Sampling considerations to ensure inclusion of marginalized subgroups

4. GESI Reporting Requirements A reporting template section that requires:

• GESI dashboard (visual summary of inclusion metrics by quarter)
• Disparity analysis (comparison across groups with significance flags)
• Unintended effects on gender and inclusion (positive and negative)
• GESI-specific recommendations linked to findings

5. GESI Integration Checklist 15-20 yes/no items to audit whether the M&E system adequately integrates GESI, organized by: Design, Data Collection, Analysis, Reporting, and Use.

Reference the IASC Gender with Age Marker, OECD-DAC evaluation criteria (including the coherence criterion for GESI alignment), and the UN Women GERAAS standards where applicable. Use US English throughout.