Shae Thot WORTH Women’s Empowerment Evaluation

DE undertook a final evaluation of Pact Myanmar’s women’s economic empowerment project, WORTH, a component of Pact’s broader Shae Thot programme in Myanmar, which focused on improving access to maternal and child health services, safe water, sanitation, and hygiene, food security, and finance in areas of Myanmar with limited market access. The evaluation generated evidence on the project’s contributions to women’s access to resources, enhanced livelihoods and transformed gender perceptions and roles at the individual-, household- and institutional-levels. Using a mixed-methods and gender-responsive approach, the team collected and triangulated quantitative and qualitative data, using standardized scales and participatory protocols, from a stratified random sample of over 800 women as well as diverse stakeholders and provided a set of recommendations aimed at improvement of the programme for future iterations, global learning, and the development of an internal gender and social inclusion policy.