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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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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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Thank you Rituu and the whole community. A word about our questions:1. Your name, gender and countryJindra Cekan/ova, Female, USA and Czech Republic2. How would you define ‘participation’ in…Continue

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Webinar Series: Good practices in Gender-Responsive Evaluation for feeding the world: agriculture, food security, rural development at EST time

April 15, 2021 from 10am to 11am
Several approaches are available to support evaluations in identifying and addressing gender inequalities. This webinar will bring together experts and practitioners to look into the application of gender responsive evaluation frameworks with a focus on agriculture, food security, and rural development: How have evaluations in these fields used gender-responsive frameworks, if at all? With what challenges? How did they help in identifying changes in gender and power relationships of rural…See More
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Lessons from Nordic / the Netherlands' ex-post project evaluations at Zoom, link arrives upon registration (small fee to cover webinar costs)

January 14, 2021 from 2pm to 3:30pm
Dear gender eval colleagues-On 14 January from 14-15:30 CET (8-9:30 EST) we will be having a webinar going over our analysis of publicly-found ex-post evaluations among Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands.  All of them have a stated gender focus and we found this as well in the evaluations... There are many lessons, see below, as evaluations of long-term sustainability have so much to teach us. We hope you can join, and please share with your networks!About this EventWe…See More
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Lessons from Nordic / the Netherlands' ex-post project evaluations at Zoom, link arrives upon registration (small fee to cover webinar costs)

January 14, 2021 from 2pm to 3:30pm
Dear gender eval colleagues-On 14 January from 14-15:30 CET (8-9:30 EST) we will be having a webinar going over our analysis of publicly-found ex-post evaluations among Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands.  All of them have a stated gender focus and we found this as well in the evaluations... There are many lessons, see below, as evaluations of long-term sustainability have so much to teach us. We hope you can join, and please share with your networks!About this EventWe…See More
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Exiting For Sustainability online free webinar and discussion at Online from Vienna Evaluation Network

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Dear Gender & Eval-This is more Eval than Gender but may be of interest. I founded a firm focused on ex-post project (closure) evaluation fo sustained impacts of global "sustainable" development projects, www.ValuingVoices.comFollowing on two consultancies specifically on exit (and much reading), three blogs (1: …See More
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Exiting For Sustainability online free webinar and discussion at Online from Vienna Evaluation Network

October 1, 2020 from 4pm to 5:30pm
Dear Gender & Eval-This is more Eval than Gender but may be of interest. I founded a firm focused on ex-post project (closure) evaluation fo sustained impacts of global "sustainable" development projects, www.ValuingVoices.comFollowing on two consultancies specifically on exit (and much reading), three blogs (1: …See More
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GPSDD and GIZ would like to invite you to a webinar on Monday, 31st of August 2:30-4pm Nairobi time.During this webinar, we will present a CGD guide for non-state actors in Kenya, who are keen to produce CGD that can be used for policy and decision-making, but also to complement official statistics. The content of the guide can be applied to non-state actors beyond Kenya.The guidelines were developed because of expressed demand from both state and non-state actors in Kenya, and is a buildup…See More
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Assuming Sustainability + the SDG criteria

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Folks, following on from Rituu's blog about the EES conference, here's mine on sustainability and the SDGs, not gender per se but maybe interesting. Waving!

Assuming Sustainability and Impact is Dangerous to Development (+ OECD/ DAC evaluation criteria)

We all do it; well, I used to do it too. I used to assume that if I helped my field staff and partners target and design funded projects well enough, and try to…

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Value added of post project evaluation, rather than just final evaluation

Posted on October 5, 2017 at 0:44 9 Comments

Hello - please see our research report on post project #evaluation where we show the value added to 'program cycle' final evaluation. (Un)expected #sustainability or not, emerging sustainability and more: http://valuingvoices.com/building-the-evidence-base-for-post-project-evaluation-a-report-to-the-faster-forward-fund/

Presenting Lessons on (post-project) Sustained and Emerging Impact Evaluations from the U.S. AEA Conference REBLOG

Posted on November 4, 2016 at 3:07 1 Comment

Dear readers, attached please find the barking-up-a-better-tree-aea-oct-26-final presentation we did last week at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) conference in Atlanta GA. I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Beatrice Lorge Rogers PhD, Professor, Friedman Nutrition School, Tufts University (aka the famous …

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Sustaining projects during and after Implementation: Does gender count?

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One of our Valuing Voices team, Rutere Kagendo, wrote a blog about gender and project sustainability Originally posted here:

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