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 IDH Publication, 2026

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is not just a social issue, it’s a systemic challenge that undermines agricultural value chains.

In rural and isolated areas, GBV threatens women’s safety, limits their economic participation, and weakens food security. When women cannot work safely, entire communities lose resilience, and businesses lose productivity. Climate resilience strategies that overlook gendered risks leave communities exposed and women vulnerable.

Ending GBV is essential for building equitable, sustainable, and climate-resilient agri-food systems; and it’s not only a human rights imperative, but also central to climate adaptation and economic stability.

The good news? Solutions work. Programs like the Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund (WSAF) demonstrate that addressing GBV can enhance productivity and strengthen workforce morale and brand reputation. Safe, inclusive workplaces aren’t just good ethics, they’re smart business.

Gurmeet Kaur Articles

Luc Barriere-Constantin Article

 This article draws on the experience gained by The Constellation over the past 20 years. It is also a proposal for a new M&E and Learning framework to be adopted and adapted in future projects of all community-focused organisations.

Devaka K.C. Article

Sudeshna Sengupta Chapter in the book "Dialogues on Development edited by Prof Arash Faizli and Prof Amitabh Kundu."

Events

Vacancies

  • We’re Hiring: National Evaluation Consultant – Bangladesh

UN Women is recruiting a National Evaluation Consultant (Bangladesh) to support the interim evaluation of the Joint Regional EmPower Programme (Phase II).

This is a great opportunity to work closely with the Evaluation Team Leader and contribute to generating credible, gender-responsive evidence that informs decision-making and strengthens programme impact.

📍 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh (home-based with travel to project locations)
📅 Apply by: 24 February 2026, 5:00 PM
🔗 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gar4ciRr

If you are passionate about feminist evaluation, gender equality, and rigorous evidence that drives change (or know someone who is) please apply or share within your networks.

  • Seeking Senior Analyst - IPE Global

About the job

IPE Global Ltd. is a multi-disciplinary development sector consulting firm offering a range of integrated, innovative and high-quality services across several sectors and practices. We offer end-to-end consulting and project implementation services in the areas of Social and Economic Empowerment, Education and Skill Development, Public Health, Nutrition, WASH, Urban and Infrastructure Development, Private Sector Development, among others.

Over the last 26 years, IPE Global has successfully implemented over 1,200 projects in more than 100 countries. The group is headquartered in New Delhi, India with five international offices in United Kingdom, Kenya, Ethiopia, Philippines and Bangladesh. We partner with multilateral, bilateral, governments, corporates and not-for-profit entities in anchoring development agenda for sustained and equitable growth. We strive to create an enabling environment for path-breaking social and policy reforms that contribute to sustainable development.

Role Overview

IPE Global is seeking a motivated Senior Analyst – Low Carbon Pathways to strengthen and grow its Climate Change and Sustainability practice. The role will contribute to business development, program management, research, and technical delivery across climate mitigation, carbon markets, and energy transition. This position provides exceptional exposure to global climate policy, finance, and technology, working with a team of high-performing professionals and in collaboration with donors, foundations, research institutions, and public agencies.

More Details Please go through

Members

7th AfrEA International Conference

Dear all,
 
The Board of the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA – www.afrea.org) and the Network of Networks of Impact Evaluation (NONIE) take pleasure to invite submissions for another milestone Pan-African Evaluation event: the 7th AfrEA International Conference.
 
The Cameroon Development Evaluation Association (CaDEA – www.cadea.org) is hosting the conference, to be held at the Hilton hotel in Yaoundé, Cameroon from March 3 – 7, 2014.
In the past, various African and international participants submitted and presented paper and poster presentations, chaired panels, and facilitated professional development workshops. The conference acts as the foundation for promoting and advocating AfrEA’s “Made in Africa” approach, and allows knowledge sharing, collaboration and networking with a wide range of international organizations and individuals.

With a theme titled “Evaluation for Development: From Analysis to Impact”, the 7th AfrEA conference promises all this and more.
 
The conference will seek relevant answers on how to place evaluative evidence at the heart of development policymaking, and format it in a manner that will make sense to policymakers. In this way the evaluation discipline will serve a purpose at all levels of development infrastructure: ensuring effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of development spending. 
 
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
 
Proposals for Papers, Workshops, Panels, Roundtables and Exhibitions by AfrEA members (national M&E associations and organizations) and funding partners are welcome in any of the following conference strands:
  • •         Linking Evaluation with Policy Makers
  • •         Impact Evaluation
  • •         Inclusion in Evaluating Development impact
  • •         Agriculture and food security
  • •         Development using evaluation
  • •         Made in Africa Evaluation
  • •         Evaluation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda – post Millennium Development Goals
  • •         Methodological Innovations
  • •         Environment and Climate Change
  • •         Knowledge Management and Evaluation Dissemination
  • •         Poverty alleviation
  • •         Health evaluation
  • •         Gender and equity, equality and evaluation
  • •         Donor strand – what is emerging and working?
DEADLINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
Submission deadline for abstracts:
 Abstracts should be submitted electronically no later than 15 November 2013 at 12:00pm
Notification of acceptance of abstracts:
 All applications will be informed whether their abstracts have been selected for the conference by 30 November 2013
The deadline for receipt of full papers:
 AfrEA needs to receive all full papers no later than 15 December 2013
Submit all abstracts electronically to Samuel D Braimah at:
Samuel.Braimah@afrea.org AND sdbraimah@gmail.com with Cc to:
 
ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
Paper presentations

Written papers engage a debate in evaluation, report critically on completed evaluation, aim to clarify issues in evaluation theory and propose new and innovative evaluation paradigms.

Paper submissions entail a written paper in final form by 01 December 2013 and an oral presentation during the conference where the presentation time is divided equally between the PowerPoint presentation and questions from the floor, for response by the presenter.
Paper proposals should indicate:
·         Title of the paper, clearly indicating that it is a paper presentation
·         Name/s, title/s and institutional affiliation/s of author
·         Name and title of presenting author
·         Email and telephone contact details of presenting author
·         A 300 to 500 words abstract must be included and contain information on the context, overview of the content of the presentation and a summary of the results and conclusions that will be presented
·         Abstracts must be submitted by email in Microsoft Word [Abstracts that are accepted will be included in the conference programme as they stand, and authors are required to ensure that they are adequately proof-read before submission]
·         In addition please note that:
o   Submitted papers may be considered for publication in the African Evaluation Journal (http://www.aejonline.org/index.php/aej). Authors are required to sign a statement indicating whether their paper has been previously published, in which journal, or in what format
o   Abstracts speaking to the theme would be favourably considered
 
Roundtable presentations
Roundtables usually entail evaluation work-in-progress. During such sessions, authors make available a manuscript for debate to clarify, strengthen argumentation and consider next steps. Sessions aim to assist the author to complete the manuscript with the view to publish. AfrEA requires a written manuscript of the Paper in progress with issues for discussion in the Roundtable in final form by 01 December 2013. We encourage participants to bring draft or in-progress reports about interesting initiatives for brainstorming and advice.
Abstracts for a Roundtable should be 300 to 500 words and should be submitted in Microsoft Word format. Please note that a hard copy of the written manuscript in progress, with issues for discussion, should be made available in sufficient numbers to attendees at the presentation.
 
Poster presentations
Poster presentations entail a poster size presentation with images as well as text. Posters usually depict an evaluation study including: questions asked in the study through methodology, data, findings and conclusions. Posters will be displayed during the conference and presenters need to be available to respond to questions about the poster on display.
Abstracts for Poster displays should be no longer than 300 to 500 words, and must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Accepted Poster presentations will be displayed in the exhibition hall for the duration of the conference. Posters should measure approximately 95 cm in width and 1.5 m in height. 
 
Exhibition presentations
Exhibition presentations should indicate:
·         The title of the exhibition
·         The name of the member association or organization
·         The contact details (including e-mail address)
·         Should be accompanied by a half- to one page description of the exhibition stating the materials required and the language (French or English).
 
Workshops and training sessions
The organizers invite continental and international M&E experts, donors, foundations, individual consultants, universities, Cameroonian- and other African government organizations, private sector training providers and NGOs to submit proposals to facilitate professional development workshops on the first two days of the conference.
Proposals for Workshops should include the following:
·         Workshop Title              
·         Facilitator name/s, background, qualifications and affiliation
·         Description of experience in training in the field and history of the workshop or course
·         Contact details of the presenting entity or facilitator
·         Course length: half/1/2 days
·         Target participants: beginner, intermediate or advanced participants?
·         Workshop description/programme of activities (including learner outcomes, key themes, training methodology)  
·         Accreditation
·         Ideal and maximum number of participants
·         Special requirements
·         Description of course materials
·         Language in which workshop will take place (French or English)
Workshop and training proposals must be forwarded to Samuel Braimah - Samuel.Braimah@afrea.org AND sdbraimah@gmail.com with Cc to nicola.theunissen@afrea.org / nicola@carboncopysa.co.za.
Note: All proposals will be considered and during the selection of workshops preference will be given to accredited courses, to (non-accredited) scarce-skills development courses and workshops offered by presenters with substantial international experience in M&E training especially in Africa.  

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Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on November 3, 2013 at 19:01

Thanks Asela for sharing. Warm greetings!

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