E-discussion: Evaluating SDGs with an equity-focused & gender responsive lens (no one left behind) - Gender and Evaluation2024-03-28T23:49:08Zhttps://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topics/eval-sdgs?commentId=6606644%3AComment%3A49788&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSystemic participatory Action…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-28:6606644:Comment:508752016-03-28T17:33:19.512ZRituu B Nandahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/1uniqcg103ltu
<p><b>Systemic participatory Action research,</b> <b>Participatory statistics India and Nepal</b></p>
<p>Funded by the Freedom Fund, IDS has been directing a systemic participatory action research process which involves working across 18 NGOs of Geneva Global across UP and Bihar states in India. The process so far has involved a participatory story analysis with 8 NGOs.</p>
<p>To overcome challenges of estimating changes in the magnitude of various forms of slavery introduced participatory…</p>
<p><b>Systemic participatory Action research,</b> <b>Participatory statistics India and Nepal</b></p>
<p>Funded by the Freedom Fund, IDS has been directing a systemic participatory action research process which involves working across 18 NGOs of Geneva Global across UP and Bihar states in India. The process so far has involved a participatory story analysis with 8 NGOs.</p>
<p>To overcome challenges of estimating changes in the magnitude of various forms of slavery introduced participatory statistics has been facilitated across 60 villages. The aim was to combining participatory approaches with statistical principles to generate robust data for assessing impact of slavery eradication. The work is currently being extended to Nepal.</p>
<div><p>Read <em>Navigating Complexity in International Development: Facilitating sustainable change at scale</em><br/> <em>Danny Burns and Stuart Worsley - 2015</em></p>
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<p> </p> Theme one
If we are looking…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-11:6606644:Comment:500412016-03-11T16:53:27.801ZRituu B Nandahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/1uniqcg103ltu
<p>Theme one</p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"> If we are looking at power relations, let us not forget those with other sexual identities.</span></p>
<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> Last<span> April 2014, The Supreme Court of India passed a judgement on issues of transgender , giving them the right to choose their gender identity and a whole range of development measures including status under Other backward class. Sadly, a</span> recent study in Punjab indicates that…</font></div>
<p>Theme one</p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"> If we are looking at power relations, let us not forget those with other sexual identities.</span></p>
<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> Last<span> April 2014, The Supreme Court of India passed a judgement on issues of transgender , giving them the right to choose their gender identity and a whole range of development measures including status under Other backward class. Sadly, a</span> recent study in Punjab indicates that school drop rate is high in transgender children <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/school-dropout-rate-among-transgenders-high/story-67SMRJ34BYnt4fnx0hDhYI.html" target="_blank">http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/school-dropout-rate-among-transgenders-high/story-67SMRJ34BYnt4fnx0hDhYI.html</a></font></div>
<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></div> Dear all,
At the NILERD ECOI…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-11:6606644:Comment:499492016-03-11T12:22:23.305ZShiny Sahahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/ShinySaha
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>At the NILERD ECOI ISST consultation and workshop held on 9th of March 2016, our group (Beryl Leach, Rajib Nandi, Sunita Palita and I) discussed <strong>Theme 4</strong> of the query i.e. <strong>Demand for and use of evidence from equity-focused and gender responsive evaluation to inform equitable development</strong>.</p>
<p>We took a holistic approach to discussing the factors affecting the demand for and use of evaluations, factors for demand and utilization of social…</p>
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>At the NILERD ECOI ISST consultation and workshop held on 9th of March 2016, our group (Beryl Leach, Rajib Nandi, Sunita Palita and I) discussed <strong>Theme 4</strong> of the query i.e. <strong>Demand for and use of evidence from equity-focused and gender responsive evaluation to inform equitable development</strong>.</p>
<p>We took a holistic approach to discussing the factors affecting the demand for and use of evaluations, factors for demand and utilization of social equity and gender equality evaluations, and the types of evaluation presentations that can be proposed to make evaluation more accessible to stakeholders. We felt that within the government a number of factors affect demand for evaluation including lack of incentives, complacency, high staff turnover (leading to change in focus and lack of incentive), and above all a lack of understanding about the intention and technique of evaluation. These concerns can be addressed by providing performance and career incentives, providing understanding on values of evaluation, on improving performance of the project (such that learnings/ best practices of a project can be replicated).</p>
<p>At the level of the implementing agency, conception of the program should take into account a credible and capable agency which would be gender responsive. At the level of the evaluators/researchers, demand and use depend on how theory based, mixed method, multi-disciplinary have been used in the evaluations, subject to availability of time and budget.</p>
<p>Overall, there is demand for evaluations if there is a suitable political economy and culture in the country; subject of course to the availability of time and budget. The evaluation is used if there is ownership of and participation in the study. (This is true for all stakeholders – including the community).</p>
<p>The evaluator or the evaluating agency should be engaged from the very conception of the project, so that</p>
<p>a) it has clarity on the objectives of the project resulting to ownership of the project and evaluation is not reduced to a routine activity or as an activity on the check list, or even a fault finding exercise.</p>
<p>b) the implementing agency has communication from the very beginning on the need for evaluations.</p>
<p>There is need to recognize the importance of mid-term evaluation – as a space for participation with scope for learning.</p> Infant to 14 years and Miss…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-11:6606644:Comment:499422016-03-11T05:16:17.475ZIsha Wedasinghe Mirandahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/IshaWedasingheMiranda
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<p><strong>Infant to 14 years and Missing in the SDGs Goals and Indicators </strong></p>
<p>1. No indicators on children from infant to 14 years in Goal 5 or any other Goal</p>
<p><span>2. Missing Goal for children only.</span><br></br><br></br><span> Example Goal 5</span><br></br><span>Target: 5.2 eliminate all forms of violence against all women and</span><br></br><span>girls in public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual</span><br></br><span>and other types of…</span></p>
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<p><strong>Infant to 14 years and Missing in the SDGs Goals and Indicators </strong></p>
<p>1. No indicators on children from infant to 14 years in Goal 5 or any other Goal</p>
<p><span>2. Missing Goal for children only.</span><br/><br/><span> Example Goal 5</span><br/><span>Target: 5.2 eliminate all forms of violence against all women and</span><br/><span>girls in public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual</span><br/><span>and other types of exploitation.</span><br/><br/><span>Proposed Indicators:</span><br/><br/><span>38. Prevalence of girls and women 15-49 who have experienced physical</span><br/><span>or sexual violence [by an intimate partner] in the last 12 months.</span><br/><br/><span>It is evidence that in all most every country infant to 14 too faced</span><br/><span>similar ? How do you measure this ? Still troubles me .</span><br/><br/><span>Best regards</span><br/><span>isha</span></p> I really have not been able t…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-10:6606644:Comment:502052016-03-10T18:38:41.863ZMarcia Brandonhttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/MarciaBrandon
<p>I really have not been able to do much because I am so swamped but I am genuinely interested in all that is going on. So I shall stay updated as much as possible.</p>
<p>I really have not been able to do much because I am so swamped but I am genuinely interested in all that is going on. So I shall stay updated as much as possible.</p> Luisa Belli, FAO, Rome
Thank…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-10:6606644:Comment:500212016-03-10T15:30:39.792ZRituu B Nandahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/1uniqcg103ltu
<p><strong> Luisa Belli, FAO, Rome</strong></p>
<p>Thank you Rituu for this wonderful initiative you launched, and I understand is being finalized in these last few hours.</p>
<p> Theme 1</p>
<p>I would like to address the issue of metrics in field work and usefulness of evaluations.</p>
<p>I wish to highlight that when we decide to ask questions and to liaise with an informant, we are becoming part of the entire picture, of that analysis. We will necessarily affect the results that will emerge…</p>
<p><strong> Luisa Belli, FAO, Rome</strong></p>
<p>Thank you Rituu for this wonderful initiative you launched, and I understand is being finalized in these last few hours.</p>
<p> Theme 1</p>
<p>I would like to address the issue of metrics in field work and usefulness of evaluations.</p>
<p>I wish to highlight that when we decide to ask questions and to liaise with an informant, we are becoming part of the entire picture, of that analysis. We will necessarily affect the results that will emerge from that consultation and interview.</p>
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<p>As evaluators we are surely very aware of the importance of neutrality and independence, however we are never neutral, never fully independent. The eyes that are looking an object, the mind and the heart, our eyes, heart and mind are not neutral, since we are human beings.</p>
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<p>We could honestly assume thoughts can lead the discussion in one direction or the other and that prejudgments are reducing opportunities for getting the “reality” of what we are observing.</p>
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<p>Our thoughts, our intentions, can these affect the results of the discussion? The hypothesis, which seems plausible, is that our presence and our intention determine the results of our investigations.</p>
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<p>Thinking to be able to collect information without affecting the results is pure illusions. Now, it would be better to ask ourselves, what type of results do I really want to collect? And what type of change would I like to affect, since in any case I’m affecting the reality with my presence, with my questions.</p>
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<p>This is particularly evident when we are consulting people to ask about their lives, about changes in their lives, about problems and solutions and about facts, in other words what we actually do when we conduct consultations through interviews, focus group discussions etc. etc. </p>
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<p>Are we really open to listen to what is coming from the informants?</p>
<p>What kind of mind, heart should we have in order to listen and understand?</p>
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<p>Is it plausible to think that an open mind, can determine an open discussion and no agenda, neither from the evaluator nor from the informants. That an open mind can lead to discussions that are closer to solutions or that are themselves solutions.</p>
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<p>We need a lot of courage, as human beings to accept that changes are happening in the present moment. It doesn’t make any sense to reduce that </p>
<p>moment to an “information gathering” process.</p>
<p>This strongly links the methodology and the evaluation process to the usefulness of the evaluation itself.</p>
<p>Such a process has a direct usefulness. After a similar process, all participants (even the evaluators) are enriched, empowered.</p>
<p>The privilege of being evaluators and conducting filed level analysis in my view should be systematically used to empower people, simply by listening to them with an open mind and an open heart and no judgement. This I think cannot be forgotten when we talk about tools, when we talk about professionalization of the evaluation function (since we need to develop different skills!) and about usefulness of the evaluations.</p>
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<p> </p> in some countries Evaluation…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-10:6606644:Comment:496982016-03-10T07:11:14.952ZGanyani Khosahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/GanyaniKhosa
<p>in some countries Evaluation practitioners have advocated for the development of a National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy which is a government instrument to ensure that policies, programmes and projects are monitored and evaluated and that they are focused towards the attainment of development results.</p>
<p>in some countries Evaluation practitioners have advocated for the development of a National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy which is a government instrument to ensure that policies, programmes and projects are monitored and evaluated and that they are focused towards the attainment of development results.</p> What you have said is very tr…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-10:6606644:Comment:500082016-03-10T07:10:18.042ZJudith Kamutepfahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/JudithKamutepfa704
<p>What you have said is very true that has been my experience also Evaluations are feared as like auditing of accounts. In both ways there is so much tension all round that the data collected might not reflect the true position of the situation.</p>
<p>In the capacity building I believe there is need to emphasis on the approach. To major on the strengths and bring out the weakness as a way of corrections</p>
<p>What you have said is very true that has been my experience also Evaluations are feared as like auditing of accounts. In both ways there is so much tension all round that the data collected might not reflect the true position of the situation.</p>
<p>In the capacity building I believe there is need to emphasis on the approach. To major on the strengths and bring out the weakness as a way of corrections</p> My thinking is that we have t…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-10:6606644:Comment:497982016-03-10T05:01:22.225ZDr. Rose B. Namarahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/DrRoseBNamara
My thinking is that we have to search for more user focused evaluation strategies. Some of these concepts SDGs are interested with e.g. inclusion, equity are in the hands of the beholder. To assess the impact of SDGs we have to ask the citizens, use tools like citizen report cards in a systematic and consistent manner. The easiest way is for countries to conduct baselines on quantitative indicators and put in place a mechanism to capture lessons learnt on locally agreed qualitative indicators.…
My thinking is that we have to search for more user focused evaluation strategies. Some of these concepts SDGs are interested with e.g. inclusion, equity are in the hands of the beholder. To assess the impact of SDGs we have to ask the citizens, use tools like citizen report cards in a systematic and consistent manner. The easiest way is for countries to conduct baselines on quantitative indicators and put in place a mechanism to capture lessons learnt on locally agreed qualitative indicators. Again to me process evaluation approach is critical to utilize in implementing the SDGs, because it will trigger and sustain the learning aspect Theme 1:
In your experience…tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-03-09:6606644:Comment:497882016-03-09T20:22:45.172ZLeah Goldstein Moseshttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/LeahGoldsteinMoses
<p>Theme 1:</p>
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<li>In your experience what are some of the limitations of current data collection methods and the kinds of indicators they produce?</li>
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<p>Some systems do not have data about gender, making it difficult to do analysis about equity. </p>
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<li>What are the most difficult issues to measure with respect to social equity? and with respect to gender equality?</li>
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<p>the most difficult issues to measure are those that are related to the "why" - why are/are not…</p>
<p>Theme 1:</p>
<ul>
<li>In your experience what are some of the limitations of current data collection methods and the kinds of indicators they produce?</li>
</ul>
<p>Some systems do not have data about gender, making it difficult to do analysis about equity. </p>
<ul>
<li>What are the most difficult issues to measure with respect to social equity? and with respect to gender equality?</li>
</ul>
<p>the most difficult issues to measure are those that are related to the "why" - why are/are not measures of equity changing - and context - whether changes in those measures have a meaningful impact on the lives of women and/or other marginalized groups.</p>
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<p>Here is an example: income equality. We may see gains in income equality in the years ahead. But why - is it because women are working more hours, so their aggregate incomes are higher than men's, even if men are working less? If a woman's income goes up, is her quality of life also improving, or it getting worse/staying the same because of issues like long hours and/or control over family finances?</p>