This document provides an outline of the gender audit methodology developed to undertake gender audits for DFID, and explains how it was applied to DFID's work in Malawi.

The methodology combines eight different quantitative and qualitative assessment tools with the results triangulated for the purpose of analysis.

The document is divided into four parts, covering the following issues:
- Key definitions relating to audit and gender mainstreaming
- How the methodology measures gender mainstreaming
- The types of information collected and the qualitative and quantitative tools used to collect them
- Measurement techniques used in different components of the methodology

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