Women hold central roles in many climate sensitive sectors. However the changes they experience in income, skills, and resilience are still not fully captured in today’s measurement systems.¹ This makes it difficult for institutions to understand who is being reached, what practices are working, and whether resilience is improving. Clear and consistent data is essential for programs to see whether support is delivering the outcomes they intend to achieve. At the Executive Lab Forum of the KUMPUL Impact C4C Summit, stakeholders highlighted that many existing monitoring approaches overlook gendered realities. These gaps reduce accountability and limit the ability of organizations to design effective gender responsive and climate focused financing models.¹
The Cost of Fragmented Indicators and Limited Gender Data
Although gender lens finance has made progress, data collection remains fragmented, donor driven, and often disconnected from local realities.¹ Without consistent gender disaggregated data, long term outcomes cannot be tracked properly. This also makes it difficult to compare performance across programs. Several participants noted that many indicators emphasize financial outputs instead of empowerment outcomes that reflect real transformation.
Forum discussions emphasized the need to shift from top down measurement practices toward indicators defined by communities. These indicators should capture agency, resilience, decision making, and behavioral change. Without this shift, measurement risks becoming a reporting exercise rather than a tool to strengthen climate resilience for women. Stakeholders agreed that progress should not be measured only by counting participation numbers. Measurement systems must capture the depth and quality of change. The key areas to measure include:
- Financial outcomes
Changes in revenue, cashflow stability, repayment capacity, and new market access. - Behavioral and agency shifts
Confidence, decision making, leadership roles, and willingness to adopt new practices. - Context specific climate resilience
The ability to diversify products, reduce climate related losses, and apply adaptive techniques.
Field cases from NTT show that women farmers who adopt simple improvements such as solar drying experience better product quality, reduced losses, and expanded market opportunities.² These examples show why adoption and agency should be treated as core indicators.
Strengthening Accountability Through Better Systems and Localized Delivery
Inside the KUMPUL Impact Executive Lab Forum, stakeholders agreed that accountability becomes stronger when data is clear, consistent, and easy to verify.¹ Measurement systems must be designed around local realities and supported by accessible tools that encourage accurate reporting. Effective approaches include:
- Localized delivery through local languages that improve understanding
- Simple visual tools that support participants with limited literacy
- Community based sessions that reduce dropouts and improve data completeness
- Child friendly participation spaces that help mothers attend consistently²
These insights reflect a shared understanding across the KUMPUL Impact community. Measuring impact and strengthening accountability require systems that reflect the lived experiences of women on the frontlines of climate challenges.
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