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Evaluation of UN Women’s Work on the Care Economy in East and Southern Africa 

A regional study of gender equality observatories in West and Central Africa, carried out by Claudy Vouhé for UN Women

Sources: UN Women

This regional study offers an inventory and analysis of the legal framework of gender observatories, their attributions, functions and missions. It is based on exchanges with 21 countries, in particular the eleven countries that have created observatories. It compares the internal organisation and budgets of the observatories between countries, looks at operational practices, in particular the degree of involvement in the collection and use of data, and identifies obstacles and good practices in terms of influencing pro-gender equality public policies. Finally, the study draws up a list of strategic recommendations intended for observatories, supervisory bodies and technical and financial partners.

MSSRF Publication - November 2025 - Shared by Rajalakshmi

Ritu Dewan - EPW editorial  comment on Labour Codes

Eniola Adeyemi Articles on Medium Journal, 2025

An analysis of the “soft life” conversation as it emerges on social media, unpacking how aspirations for ease and rest intersect with broader socio-economic structures, gendered labour expectations, and notions of dignity and justice

Tara Prasad Gnyawali Article - 2025

This article focused on the story of community living in a wildlife corridor that links India and Nepal, namely the Khata Corridor, which bridges Bardiya National Park of Nepal and Katarnia Wildlife Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh, India.
This article revealed how the wildlife mobility in the corridor affects community livelihoods, mobility, and social inclusion, with a sense of differential impacts on farming and marginalised communities.

Lesedi Senamele Matlala - Recent Article in Evaluation Journal, 2025

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UN Women has announced an opportunity for experienced creatives to join its global mission to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The organization is recruiting a Multimedia Producer (Retainer Consultant) to support communication and advocacy under the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme.

This home-based, part-time consultancy is ideal for a seasoned multimedia professional who can translate complex ideas into visually compelling storytelling aligned with UN Women’s values.

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Job ID: 30286
Contract Duration: 1 year (approximately 200 working days)
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Looking for case studies that have adopted systems thinking and gender-transformative lens together in evaluation

Hi everyone, I have been looking around for case studies that have adopted systems thinking and gender-transformative lens together in eval…

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Theory of Change

Hi everyone. We'd welcome your view point and experience of working with a 'Theory of Change'. They have been broadly criticized for being…

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Out for review!

Just to keep our members updated, a draft of Chapters 1 - 5 went out to our Advisory Group of awesome people with expertise in different as…

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What's needed more - Tools, Methodologies or Training?

This is a question that seems to come up a lot for me. What is it that practitioners really need to be systemic evaluators? Better tools? A…

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2 Apr 22, 2018
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New Publication on the Inclusive Systemic Thinking for Gender, Environments and Marginalised Voices

Hi all, I'm delighted to announce that the authors of the forthcoming Inclusive Systemic Thinking evaluation guidance, Ellen Lewis, Shravan…

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0 Apr 22, 2018

Learning as we're doing practice....

We are now officially in the trial stage to analyse GEMSE theory into practice. We've partnered with an agency to help think through what a…

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Evaluation: a crucial ingredient for SDG success

"Evaluation: a crucial ingredient for SDG success" is now published. This article supports the view that we need to approach evaluation by…

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What is your understanding of systems thinking?

We believe that systems thinking has a place in evaluation because it lets us think strategically about complexity and multiple intersectio…

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2 Apr 27, 2016
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Our latest blog post

Hi members.  Ellen and I have posted a blog which focusses on our interest to bring into social systemic evaluation the marginalised and of…

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Boundary judgements

Welcome new members! We are curious about how you use and think about 'boundaries' in your work. It is a key systems thinking concept. Boun…

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