ANNEX 1 . 107 MI 9.3: Interventions assessed as having contributed to significant changes in national development policies and programmes (policy and capacity impacts), or needed system reforms Score MI Rating N/A MI score MI 9.3 Analysis Source document Micro-Indicator deemed not applicable for assessment purposes given UNRWA mandate MI 9.3 Evidence confidence MI 9.4: Interventions assessed as having helped improve gender equality and the empowerment of women Score MI Rating Unsatisfactory MI score 1.5 MI 9.4 Analysis Source document Results for improving gender equality and the empowerment of women are assessed variably in five evaluation reports and discussed in depth in the Gender Initiative Evaluation. Overall, the evaluations signpost the challenging humanitarian and development context for women and girls in which UNRWA operates. With this, the performance of UNRWA interventions in improving gender equality and the empowerment of women, while having some successes, is mixed. Additionally, the information that is available about development results for women and girls is variable given that gender-disaggregated data is not consistently available. • The Gender Initiative Evaluation assessed one of the largest interventions focused on improving gender equality and the empowerment of women in the region. The evaluation found that overall, the initiative was “reasonably effective at an individual level and “somewhat” effective at the community level in increasing women’s self-confidence, skills, awareness about their rights, mobility out of the domestic sphere and access to the labour market.” Moreover, 96.6 percent of women reported having a positive change in at least one aspect after participating in the project. Furthermore, about half of the women reported positive changes for more than half of the investigated aspects. Less positive results are noted in three evaluations: • The Evaluation of the E-Health Programme notes that sex-disaggregated data was achieved by the health programme in 2013 but that as of yet, this is not consistent and is not well-analysed. It also found that the e-Health project does not well-reflect UNRWA’s cross-cutting issues such as gender-based sexual violence (GBSV) which was felt to be a constraint by GFO and WBFO, where psychosocial and disability care are strongly developed. • The Evaluation of the Transition to E-Cards reports that survey data suggests that women lost decision-making power after the transition to e-Cards in some areas surveyed while men’s decision making power increased. • Evaluation of Replacing Rented Schools at Jabal Al Taj found that the project had led to a steep increase in the enrolment of boys whereas girls’ enrolment had declined. The project’s design, which had a separate timetable for boys and girls in the same space, was found not to have accounted for contextual gender dynamics which meant that parents were not comfortable sending girls to a school where there was a cross-over with boys. 9, 61, 63, 66, 77, 89, 133, 141, 142