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  • Understanding Gender and Identity Through The Gender Dictionary

    Publisher: Bleeding Ink Scribes

RAI SENGUPTA - gender-transformative evaluation tools

This synthesis draws on evidence from 17 humanitarian evaluations across diverse crisis settings. It identifies key feminist evaluation innovations across four domains - design, methods, analysis, and ethics - illustrating how feminist principles can be embedded throughout the evaluation process. It also surfaces broader shifts required at policy, institutional, and practice levels to realise the transformative potential of feminist approaches in humanitarian contexts.

The toolkit translates these insights into applied guidance for evaluators and organisations. It provides step-by-step support across the full evaluation cycle, including planning, design, methods, analysis, ethics, and dissemination. Drawing on global feminist evaluation practice, humanitarian guidance, and gender evaluation standards, it includes adaptable tools, participatory and arts-based methods, guiding questions, and templates for field application.

Ritu Dewan & Swat Raju - Article

  • Economy and Inequality

    In Promises & Reality 2026 Citizen’s Review of Year 2 of the NDA-III Government. Coordinated by Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, June 20, 2026. pp 94-100.

UTTHAN - Research Report

Traversing the path with women farmers in their fields and in our reflections/writings, a stark observation was the sheer lack of localized and regional vocabulary and terminology to adequately capture and communicate the understanding of climate change and mitigation strategies, informed by the unique experiences and needs of small and marginal women farmers. This is what propelled our research - to examine how women farmers perceive, express, experience, and respond to climate variability across

Our Research Report centres the lived experiences, generational knowledge, and resilience strategies of small and marginal women farmers from the coastal (Bhavnagar) and hilly (Dahod & Panchmahal) regions i.e two contrasting agro-climatic zones of Gujarat. Through their voices, the study reveals exactly how climate change intersects with gender, land rights, labour burdens, and food security.

Vacancies

INCLUDOVATE -  Call for Researchers, Pacific Focus

About the job

At Includovate, we are expanding our Pacific Research & Evaluation Talent Pool and inviting researchers, evaluators, consultants, and development practitioners to join a growing network of professionals committed to creating meaningful social impact.

As a feminist research incubator and certified social enterprise, Includovate works with partners including UNICEF, UNFPA, the ILO, governments, and development organisations across 23+ countries. Our work spans gender equality, social inclusion, health, disability, youth, climate, WASH, market systems, and other development priorities.

We are particularly keen to connect with experts from:
📍 Papua New Guinea
📍 Solomon Islands
📍 Vanuatu
📍 Timor-Leste
📍 Fiji
📍 Samoa
📍 Tonga
📍 Indonesia
📍 Australia
and across the wider Pacific region.

We welcome expertise in:
✓ Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
✓ Gender Equality & Social Inclusion
✓ Health & SRHR
✓ Disability Inclusion
✓ Youth Development
✓ Climate & Environment
✓ WASH
✓ Market Systems Development
✓ Governance & Community Development

Whether your expertise lies in data collection, research, evaluation, technical advisory, facilitation, or team leadership, we would love to hear from you.
By joining our Talent Pool, you become part of a trusted network of professionals who may be considered for future research, evaluation, advisory, and consulting opportunities across the Pacific region and beyond.

🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyF66S7H

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AI AND MONITORING & EVALUATION

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Are you interested in AI, data privacy, and ethics?On April 3rd, I presented “Quick Tips to Assess the Risks of AI Applications: Data Privacy and Ethical Considerations” during the Rural Senses…Continue

Gender Equality Acceleration Plan (GEAP) Progress Report 2025

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Delighted to have contributed to the United Nations Secretary-General’s:Gender Equality Acceleration Plan (GEAP) Progress Report 2025:…Continue

UNAOC 8th GLOBAL FORUM - Breakout Session 2 on “Strengthening the Leadership, Inclusion and Visibility of Women in Sustaining Peace Processes”

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UNAOC 8th GLOBAL FORUM (19-20 November 2018, UNHQ, NY)Breakout Session 2 on “Strengthening the Leadership, Inclusion and Visibility of Women in Sustaining Peace Processes”Video:…Continue

DM&E for PEACE webinar: ‘Conflict Transformation in Zimbabwe: Lessons from Envision and Peace Direct’

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I have enjoyed learning how developmental and police officers work together to prevent and mitigate conflicts and improve social inclusion and cohesion.…Continue

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The EVALSDGs EVALUATION INSIGHT (EI) on "Quick Tips to Assess the Risks of AI Applications in Monitoring and Evaluation", authored by myself, aims to provide practical guidance for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.   In alignment with the United Nations 2030 Agenda, AI has revolutionized decision-making by harnessing big data and datasets for trend and pattern analysis. However, integrating AI into M&E processes introduces several…See More
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"Hi Rituu, thanks for the question. One thing, among others, that has worked very well and could be replicated in other evaluations has been the co-creation of the recommendations with the UNICEF WASH unit, our counterpart in the UNICEF Programming…"
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BLOG: ‘WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE IN PROTRACTED CRISES: LEARNING THROUGH EVALUATION’

Blog for the Global Evaluation of UNICEF’s WASH Programming in Protracted Crises, 2014-19https://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/files/Blog_WiPC_Evaluation_22July2020.pdfWhat did we learn? Some of the most important findings1 include the following points: • UNICEF is successful in…See More
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Evaluating Innovation at UNICEF: What did we find?

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"Hi Rituu, as management response, I would gather all innovations which happen at HQ, RO, and CO level and collect good practices for potential replication and upscale. The Evaluation encourages the adoption of a portfolio management approach. Thanks…"
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Through EvalPartners (Asela Kalugampitiya)
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Youth Development, Humanitarian Affairs, and Peace and Security
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Generation Equality 2026 Financial Commitments Analysis which I co-authored

Posted on March 11, 2026 at 2:59 0 Comments

As the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals approaches, the Generation Equality 2026 Financial Commitments Analysis provides a snapshot of the Generation Equality financing landscape, drawing on the 2025 Financial Survey and previous reporting cycles. It covers $50.3 billion in pledges and $21 billion in reported expenditures, offering insights into financial flows, key…

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EVALSDGs EVALUATION INSIGHT (EI) on "Quick Tips to Assess the Risks of AI Applications in Monitoring and Evaluation"

Posted on June 3, 2024 at 17:26 0 Comments

The EVALSDGs EVALUATION INSIGHT (EI) on "Quick Tips to Assess the Risks of AI Applications in Monitoring and Evaluation", authored by myself, aims to provide practical guidance for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

 

In alignment with the United Nations 2030 Agenda, AI has revolutionized decision-making by harnessing big data and datasets for trend and pattern analysis. However, integrating AI into M&E processes…

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BLOG: ‘WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE IN PROTRACTED CRISES: LEARNING THROUGH EVALUATION’

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Blog for the Global Evaluation of UNICEF’s WASH Programming in Protracted Crises, 2014-19

https://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/files/Blog_WiPC_Evaluation_22July2020.pdf

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