Number of unique women who were clients of the organization during the reporting period.
Client Individuals: Female (PI8330)
- Reporting Format Unit Referenced within Metric Definition
- Metric Type Submetric
- Metric Level Product/Service, Organization
- IRIS Metric Citation IRIS, 2021. Client Individuals: Female (PI8330). v5.2.
Footnote
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including source of data. See usage guidance for further information.
Usage Guidance
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This metric is intended to capture the number of unique female clients who received the organization’s products or services during the reporting period. It is not a measure of foot traffic, nor is it intended to capture the number of consumer transactions. For example, a customer who makes two purchases during a period should be counted only once. Organizations wishing to report on total client transactions should refer to Client Transactions (PI5184).
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This metric is intended to capture the unique number of specific individuals served. Organizations should not use any household multipliers when reporting against this metric. If organizations consider entire households to be the customer/client, they can report against Client Households: Total (PI7954) and its associated submetrics.
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Many organizations may not be able to report on the number of clients using direct data. For example, organizations that sell solar lanterns through a series of local network distributors might estimate the number of client individuals reached based on the number of units sold. Organizations should footnote details on how and why these assumptions were made.
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For healthcare providers, “client individuals” refers to patients. For housing providers, “client individuals” refers to residents or tenants.
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This metric is multi-dimensional with regard to the five dimensions of impact. It may help describe the WHO dimension when the stakeholder group represented by the metric is the stakeholder group targeted by the investment or organization. It may also help measure the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.
Related metrics
This is a submetric of Client Individuals: Total (PI4060), which has 17 other related submetrics.
Impact Categories & Themes
Cross Category
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
SDG Goals & Targets
No Poverty
- SDG Target 1.5
- SDG Target 1.4
Zero Hunger
- SDG Target 2.1
- SDG Target 2.2
- SDG Target 2.3
- SDG Target 2.4
Good Health and Well-being
- SDG Target 3.1
- SDG Target 3.2
- SDG Target 3.3
- SDG Target 3.4
- SDG Target 3.5
- SDG Target 3.7
- SDG Target 3.8
- SDG Target 3.9
Quality Education
- SDG Target 4.1
- SDG Target 4.2
- SDG Target 4.3
- SDG Target 4.4
- SDG Target 4.5
- SDG Target 4.a
Gender Equality
- SDG Target 5.1
- SDG Target 5.2
- SDG Target 5.5
- SDG Target 5.6
Clean Water and Sanitation
- SDG Target 6.1
- SDG Target 6.2
- SDG Target 6.4
Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG Target 7.1
Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG Target 8.1
- SDG Target 8.2
- SDG Target 8.3
- SDG Target 8.5
- SDG Target 8.6
- SDG Target 8.8
- SDG Target 8.10
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- SDG Target 9.1
- SDG Target 9.3
Reduced Inequality
- SDG Target 10.1
- SDG Target 10.2
- SDG Target 10.3
- SDG Target 10.c
Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG Target 11.1
- SDG Target 11.2
- SDG Target 11.3
- SDG Target 11.5
- SDG Target 11.6
Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG Target 12.3
- SDG Target 12.4
Climate Action
- SDG Target 13.1
Joint Impact Indicators (JII)
Client Individuals: Female (PI8330) is required for Joint Impact Indicator: Number of Female Patients Served.
JII definition: Number of female patient consultations provided by the client company during the reporting period.
JII guidance: Practitioners will need to collect total "Patients Served" to get a percentage.
JII applicability: Patients of a client company in the Health sector.
Metric History
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June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
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January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
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May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
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March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
No change.
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March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Material change. Metric definition modified to provide clarity based on best practices and standard guidance.
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November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
Immaterial change. Client Individuals: Female (PI8330) replaced Client Information (PI8330). Minor revision to definition language and metric name for clarity.
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February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
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September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
Immaterial change. Client Information (PI8330) replaced Demographic Served: Women (DES13.1). IRIS ID / metric name changed due to framework upgrade. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
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September 2009 - IRIS v1.0 Released
New metric. Demographic Served: Women (DES13.1) was developed via the Original IRIS Working Group.