Monthly Corner
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.
communicating evaluation to the media
Dear forum members
Allow me to pick your brains on the tricky subject of communicating evaluation to the media. I am keen to find out best practices and innovative ways of pitching evaluation to journalists and editors.
Do you have any experience of contacting the media to promote your events ? If so, what are your thoughts on the best approach, and how did you personally go about it ? Did you contact journalists / editors personally ?
Thanks for your help with this one,
Best regards, Kate
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on
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Dear Kate,
Here are some tools which might help in communication of evaluation. https://www.betterevaluation.org/en/blog/communicating-findings
http://stephanieevergreen.com/the-1-3-25-reporting-model/> 's site about
structuring a report for a variety of audiences. Another link to
Ann K Emery about easily transforming a text heavy report into a more reader
friendly format
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Permalink Reply by Yuleidy Merida on -
Hi Kate,
In my experience, media professionals usually work with very tight deadlines, so when we reach out to share our research studies, it's useful to include some key-messages that either align with a trending topic (by adding new information or perspective to debate) or that could potentially be strong/engaging headlines.
I find the use of Cision handy (you can see media contacts working in your field/topic, media platforms that have published more than one article related to your areas of interest and reach out directly to a journalist that may have an interest and some prior knowledge).
To pitch evaluation findings, I will suggest finding one key-message and 2-3 supporting ideas/data, then pitching it to journalists and media platforms that have an interest in the topic.
Nowadays, data journalism is having an impact in the media, and interest in data visualization is growing. This trend is an excellent opportunity for sharing not just headlines, but in-depth research findings. The key is doing very targeted reach out, and probably our audience will be more specialized.
If your evaluation findings include stories, I would suggest framing your reach out in the first person and use your stories to speak about the evaluation results.
There is another strategy that works very often, and it's sending media availability emails. Identify some media platforms/journalists that may be interested in your evaluation findings (topic) and send them a short list of researchers or professionals that could speak about it - this is most effective when we can connect trending topics or international celebrations with the information we are interested in sharing - journalists are often looking for trustworthy information sources.
We can also use Cision, and Social Studio to monitor trends and opinions relevant to our field, so when the opportunity arises, you can effectively leverage the context to support your ideas or research findings (what it means, why is this happening, what are effective ways to deal with this, etc.).
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Permalink Reply by kate stoney on
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Dear Yuleidy,
Thanks so much for your insight. Really helpful. I am not aware of the existence of media software platforms in Africa so you have put me on an interesting track. Also your tips on pitching and media availability lists are very useful.
Best regards, Kate
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