Gender and ICT Survey Toolkit

PURPOSE OF THIS TOOLKIT
This Toolkit will help to fill the gap in available, standardized resources for obtaining an overall landscape assessment of gender and ICT for USAID programming. It provides USAID and implementing partners with practical, well-researched tools they can use to obtain data on women’s access and usage of mobile phones and other connected devices. These data can be used to inform project design or create a baseline in order to understand the efficacy of an ICT intervention. The Toolkit instructs users on how to understand the implications of landscape assessments and apply learnings to their project and program portfolios. It is important to note that although this is an ICT toolkit that references several different technologies, the primary focus is on mobile technology.

HOW TO USE THE TOOLKIT
This Toolkit contains a brief, easy-to-use guide to facilitate survey preparation, data collection, and data analysis, as well as a suite of quantitative and qualitative survey tools. What you want to learn about gender and ICT in the communities where you are working — your main research questions — will dictate which parts of the Toolkit you should use. To facilitate use, each tool is designed as a standalone module. For example, if you are interested in usage of ICTs and potential barriers to use, you can review Modules 1 and 2 and the Usage section in the Data Analysis Guide (page 25). The key themes covered in this workbook are ownership, usage, control, behavior, digital financial services (DFS), agriculture, and Internet connectivity. The survey, expert interviews, and focus group guide are laid out around these questions.

(Related article: What You Need to Know About the USAID Gender and ICT Survey Toolkit)

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