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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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Report Presentation, Data Visualization, and One-page Report Highlights

Started this discussion. Last reply by Rakesh Mohan Mar 22, 2015. 10 Replies

Namaste from Beautiful Boise, Idaho!During the first six weeks of the Idaho legislative session, we issued three evaluation reports:1.  The K-12 Longitudinal Data System (ISEE)…Continue

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What types of new partnerships should we build to promote the use of evaluation among public policymakers?

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Greetings! This is a cross-post that I first first posted yesterday on the American Evaluation Association's LinkedIn Discussion Group.I am looking forward to chairing a panel session on this subject…Continue

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Wish I had done this 11 years ago

Posted on July 29, 2014 at 10:00 3 Comments

Greetings from Beautiful Boise!

My new guest blog post on communicating with policymakers was published this morning by the Evaluation Capacity Development Group (ECDG).

I believe communication is probably one of the most important and challenging aspects of my job as the director of a legislative evaluation shop.  Policymakers are busy folks with many competing things on their minds.  Getting their attention isn’t easy. Having worked for them for so many years, I thought they…

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Embracing Data Visualization in Evaluation: A Management Perspective

Posted on July 20, 2014 at 11:00 2 Comments

Greetings from Beautiful Boise, Idaho!

Recently my guest blog post on data visualization was published on Dr. Stephanie Evergreen’s website, Evergreen Data (http://stephanieevergreen.com/blog/). Here is a link to the post: http://stephanieevergreen.com/embracing-dataviz/ In this post I talk about how we implemented data visualization lessons we learned from Stephanie…

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Why Are Evaluators So Tentative about the Advocacy Aspect of Our Profession?

Posted on July 12, 2014 at 10:00 5 Comments

My mother used to say that where there are two or more people, there will always be politics over resources. Because evaluations involve making judgments about prioritization, distribution, and use of resources, evaluations will always be inherently political.

Greetings! I am Rakesh Mohan, director of the Office of Performance Evaluations (OPE), an independent agency of the Idaho Legislature. This year our office is celebrating 20…

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At 19:01 on July 8, 2015, Rituu B Nanda said…

Happy birthday! warm wishes from Delhi!

At 18:11 on August 5, 2014, Rituu B Nanda said…

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At 11:03 on July 8, 2014, Rituu B Nanda said…

A very happy birthday Rakesh! The support you have provided the community through twitter is very much appreciated. Have a wonderful day. Best wishes. 

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