A 30-month project (2018-2020) funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems Research Programme. The project is coordinated by a team of researchers at the UCL Institute of Education in partnership with colleagues from South Africa, Malawi and the UK. The study aims to develop an indicator framework for gender equality in education that supports work on gender equality indicators for the SDGs, particularly target 4.7 and 4a. A key focus of this research is to explore how evaluating learning outcomes links with the wider agenda for gender equality and women's rights.