All Discussions Tagged 'participation' - Gender and Evaluation2024-03-28T11:06:22Zhttps://gendereval.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=participation&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGlobal community of practice on community ownership in implementation & Evaluationtag:gendereval.ning.com,2022-10-25:6606644:Topic:1614202022-10-25T11:24:07.489ZRituu B Nandahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/1uniqcg103ltu
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear All,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am a member of the '<em>Strengthening Community Ownership in Evaluation</em> 'group of the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA). Some of our <b>work</b></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Community Ownership Consultation was held in July 2021…</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear All,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I am a member of the '<em>Strengthening Community Ownership in Evaluation</em> 'group of the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA). Some of our <b>work</b></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Community Ownership Consultation was held in July 2021 <a href="https://asiapacificeval.org/reshape-how-we-think-about-development-and-evaluation/">https://asiapacificeval.org/reshape-how-we-think-about-development-and-evaluation/</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Webinars </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#Eachoneteachone campaign <a href="https://asiapacificeval.org/eachoneteachone-campaign/">https://asiapacificeval.org/eachoneteachone-campaign/</a></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After several consultations, <strong>we feel the need for a community of practitioners</strong> on<span>on the topic '</span>community ownership'. So, we are reaching out to those with at least two years experience in facilitating/supporting ownership in communities in development/ MEL to join us. Experience in facilitating participatory practices is essential to be a part of this group. We would like <strong>a small, closed group which will decide the way forward</strong>. <strong>Request you to fill out the application form by 20th Nov 2022</strong> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_QW-9k6jLIiapJ77qgt-P_g5LbmUfAaFbu5sJXIn8e4/viewform?edit_requested=true">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_QW-9k6jLIiapJ77qgt-P_g5LbmUfAaFbu5sJXIn8e4/viewform?edit_requested=true</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rituu B Nanda</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">rituubnanda@gmail.com</span></p> Field site for research on 'participation' in Evaluationtag:gendereval.ning.com,2017-09-04:6606644:Topic:687362017-09-04T11:47:18.356ZAkashi Kaulhttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/AkashiKaul
<p>Hello All!</p>
<div dir="ltr">My name is Akashi Kaul and I'm (relatively) new to this forum. Currently, I am a doctoral candidate at George Mason University in the United States, although I have previous experience in evaluation. As I inch towards completion - I am looking for a field site for my dissertation work.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">My research is about identifying the components of 'participation' in international development evaluation, focusing specifically on…</div>
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<div dir="ltr">My name is Akashi Kaul and I'm (relatively) new to this forum. Currently, I am a doctoral candidate at George Mason University in the United States, although I have previous experience in evaluation. As I inch towards completion - I am looking for a field site for my dissertation work.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">My research is about identifying the components of 'participation' in international development evaluation, focusing specifically on issues of power, voice and agency. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm looking for a dissertation field site in an ongoing or about to start evaluation that employs collaborative methods, even if it may not employ collaborative theory or program design, to study. I intend to study the nature of participation in such processes. My ideal timeline is late November/ early December / January. For this purpose , I am looking for an evaluation site employing collaborative methods - even though the evaluation theory/ design may not have 'collaborative' 'participatory' 'empowerment' etc in the title. I am looking to collect data starting in late November/ early December. My preferred geographic location is Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda, though I'm open to other anglophone African countries. I would be very open to consulting for the said site while collecting my data too. I have previous experience in international development evaluation, particularly in education. And my PhD is in education policy too.</div>
<p><br/> Do let me know if you know of any such sites!<br/> <br/> Thank you!<br/> <br/> Akashi</p>
<p>P.S. This explains my work a little better: <a href="http://aea365.org/blog/memorial-week-in-evaluation-participation-as-buzzword-by-akashi-kaul-and-rodney-hopson/">http://aea365.org/blog/memorial-week-in-evaluation-participation-as-buzzword-by-akashi-kaul-and-rodney-hopson/</a></p> Participation is the core of our worktag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-10-08:6606644:Topic:586872016-10-08T20:01:12.673ZJindra Cekan, PhDhttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/JindraCekanPhD
<p>Thank you Rituu and the whole community. A word about our questions:</p>
<p><span>1. Your name, gender and country</span></p>
<p>Jindra Cekan/ova, Female, USA and Czech Republic</p>
<p><br></br><span>2. How would you define ‘participation’ in evaluation? What does it mean for you? </span></p>
<p>It is the core of our work, those whom we listen to, our stakeholders (partners, participants)' views must be at the center of evaluation, for how does international development serve them better unless…</p>
<p>Thank you Rituu and the whole community. A word about our questions:</p>
<p><span>1. Your name, gender and country</span></p>
<p>Jindra Cekan/ova, Female, USA and Czech Republic</p>
<p><br/><span>2. How would you define ‘participation’ in evaluation? What does it mean for you? </span></p>
<p>It is the core of our work, those whom we listen to, our stakeholders (partners, participants)' views must be at the center of evaluation, for how does international development serve them better unless we listen?</p>
<p><br/><span>3. Why was it your BEST experience in implementing participatory Evaluation?</span></p>
<p>SO many... Recently, doing a post-project sustainability evaluation (in Africa), one older, district government official whom we invited to the debrief (based on a core belief - leave learning local) said "no one has ever returned after any evaluation. Could you get us money to do such evaluations ourselves?"</p>
<p><br/><span>4. Who commission this evaluation? ( government, NGO, funding agency etc)</span></p>
<p>NGO <br/><span>5. Whom did you engage in evaluation? Why did you engage them? At what stage in evaluation? </span></p>
<p>Participants and partners, NGO staff, donors. We are all legs of the same sustainability stool.</p>
<p><br/><span>6. What was the process or tools you used in participatory evaluation?</span></p>
<p>Qual (RRA- focus groups, key informant interviews) supplemented by Quant household survey (gender disaggregated) and Comparison groups</p>
<p><br/><span>7. What worked and did not work, why?</span></p>
<p>I've come to see that qual answers 'why' but as the participants are self-selected, we need to get further feedback from random quant surveys for the fuller picture.</p>
<p><br/><span>8. How did you address the challenges?</span></p>
<p>Sequencing is an issue - do we do the qual before the quant in sustainability evaluations (to shape the survey) or do we do it after to explain the survey findings? Both approaches have great value, it depends on what we know already...</p>
<p><br/><span>9. What did you learn? How would you do it differently next time (approach, methodology, relation with stakeholders etc) ?</span></p>
<p><span>SO much to learn about how to evaluate sustained and emerging impact via post project evaluations! See more about SEIE at <a href="http://www.ValuingVoices.com">www.ValuingVoices.com</a> </span></p>
<p><span>Much more to learn about what SDGs monitor and how attribute results, build national 'evaluative thinking' capacity... Thanks for asking! </span></p> What is your experience in evaluating women's political participation?tag:gendereval.ning.com,2016-04-21:6606644:Topic:527352016-04-21T16:02:59.358ZShravantihttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/Shravanti
<p>Dear Members,</p>
<p>I will be working on an evaluation of women's political participation over the next year and I wanted to both start a discussion on this topic.</p>
<p>As a start, it would be great to gather experiences from within the group What approaches and methods have been used? What has worked well? What are some of the key challenges for evaluating such interventions? Do you know of any relevant evaluations you could share?</p>
<p>Look forward to interacting with you on this…</p>
<p>Dear Members,</p>
<p>I will be working on an evaluation of women's political participation over the next year and I wanted to both start a discussion on this topic.</p>
<p>As a start, it would be great to gather experiences from within the group What approaches and methods have been used? What has worked well? What are some of the key challenges for evaluating such interventions? Do you know of any relevant evaluations you could share?</p>
<p>Look forward to interacting with you on this interesting issue!</p>
<p>Shravanti</p>
<p></p> Call for Expert Intervieweestag:gendereval.ning.com,2013-10-01:6606644:Topic:139162013-10-01T05:16:23.959ZEla Karinas Gerthnerovahttps://gendereval.ning.com/profile/ElaGerthnerova
<p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear G&E Group Platform members,<br></br></font></p>
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<p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear G&E Group Platform members,<br/></font></p>
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<div><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Currently I am based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and I am working on</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><b> analytical study on inequalities in access to education from gender perspective</b> in 8 different countries. The paper is commissioned by a Czech INGO called <b>People in Need (PiN)</b>. It is being developed for the purpose of its national campaign on inequalities and disadvantaged groups of population in developing countries. </span></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Those who would be willing and interested to participate, I would like to interview you in order to learn more about the topic of <b>women´s illiteracy with focus on consequences of practising cast system in (rural) India</b> - both challenges and positive developments. If you would rather refer me to someone else (other expert), it is also possible and I am open to any suggestions. </font></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">If you (someone else) would agree, the <strong>semi-structured interview</strong> would take place over <b>skype</b>, would last no more than 60 minutes and would be recorded upon an oral consent. </font></div>
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<div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span>Just to give you a bit of an overview - apart from India, the paper is going to present other 7 country cases of gender-based inequalities in education presented together with some (hopefully successful) on-going interventions tackling the issues. </span><br/></font></div>
<div><span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">The paper is going to be published at online educational portal called <a href="http://rozvojovka.cz/" target="_blank">ROZVOJOVKA.CZ</a> which targets both general and academic public working in the area of development cooperation in the Czech Republic/allied NGOs in the European Union. </font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Besides India, I am also searching for experts who have more to say to the following topics:</font></span></div>
<div><div><em><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Eritrea - Access to Education of Disabled Girls</font></b></em></div>
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<div><em><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Bangladesh - Young women and girls living in (urban) industrial zones and their access to education</font></b></em></div>
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<div><em><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Jamaica - Impact of financial crises on girls school attendance</b></font></em></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Thank you </b>very much in advance for even considering your participation, I will appreciate <b>any reaction</b>. If you would decide to participate,we will arrange the details later upon your availability and convenience. You can either send me a message through the G&E Forum or to ela.gerthner@gmail.com </font></div>
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<div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">All the best and lots of success in your own work,</font></div>
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