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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.

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INCLUDOVATE -  Call for Researchers, Pacific Focus

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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.

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Methodology for assessing whether countries would reach SDG indicators by 2030

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In the blog below cross posted I have outlined a methodology which goes beyond tracking to assess whether countries would reach SDG indicators given the rate of progress and what the government is…Continue

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Gender-Transformative Evaluation Frameworks- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Started this discussion. Last reply by Julia Espinosa Sep 1, 2017. 5 Replies

Greetings from IndiaThe Institute of Social Studies Trust is putting together on-line course on Gender-Transformation Evaluation in India.  with the support of the Ford Foundation   The intended…Continue

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Evaluation Policy of South Asian Countries

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Dear friendsThose who have the (draft/final) evaluation policy of one/several South Asian countries, can you please share the same.I am looking at policies of- India- Nepal- Bangladesh- Pakistan-…Continue

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Do you have a question on gender and equity-focused evaluation?

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Agency, equity and accountability: Framework for development planning

Agency, equity and accountability: Framework for development planning This article argues for the need for a Development Planning Framework that transcends one identity and one power relation and is based on three pillars:AgencyAgency refers to the capacity of people (here, structurally silenced people) to make strategic choices, act independently, and influence outcomes…See More
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Communication tools to unravel and address intersectionality inequality

(cross posted)  Communication tools to unravel and address intersectionality inequality -Individuals, groups and communities experience intersectional inequalities because of identity-based discrimination. These markers can be characteristics ascribed from birth – race, caste, religion, ethnicity, disability (some) and sex, or characteristics that are not from birth, like…See More
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Locating gender equality in evaluations: Choosing pathways

Since the popularity emergence of gender and development approach in the late 1980s, there have been debates on where and how to locate gender equality in evaluations.At one end, most multi-lateral development banks do not have a separate evaluation criterion on gender equality. The focus is on relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and (some impacts). Evaluation reports indicate that gender equality issues tend to be integrated into relevance, effectiveness, impacts and less into…See More
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Locating gender equality in evaluations: Choosing pathways

Since the popularity emergence of gender and development approach in the late 1980s, there have been debates on where and how to locate gender equality in evaluations.At one end, most multi-lateral development banks do not have a separate evaluation criterion on gender equality. The focus is on relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and (some impacts). Evaluation reports indicate that gender equality issues tend to be integrated into relevance, effectiveness, impacts and less into…See More
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/looking-back-ahead-reflections-three-decades-gender-ranjani-k-murthy-ca3xcLooking back and looking ahead: Reflections on three decades of gender and developmentJanuary 2, 2024I have working in the field of gender and development for three decades. This note reflects on what I believe has changed in this field over the three decades and some of…See More
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/looking-back-ahead-reflections-three-decades-gender-ranjani-k-murthy-ca3xcLooking back and looking ahead: Reflections on three decades of gender and developmentJanuary 2, 2024I have working in the field of gender and development for three decades. This note reflects on what I believe has changed in this field over the three decades and some of…See More
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Expanding reach-benefit-empowerment and gender transformation framework

The CGIAR's Reach Benefit Empowerment and Transformation (RBET) distinguishes between approaches "that reach women participants, such as by including them in program activities; those that benefit women, by improving their circumstances in some way; those that empower women, by strengthening their ability to make and put into action strategic life choices; and those that transform gender relations within and outside the household, such as by changing attitudes at the community level" (…See More
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Intersectional, inter-sectoral and development focus: Why they matter to gender transformative evaluations

Increasingly there is focus on "women" and "men" as analytical categories in gender transformative evaluations. This is necessary, but is it adequate?  The answer is "No" Women are far from uniform. One woman may progress at the expense of the other, like in the case of women from small farming household receiving support for mechanized harvesters which displace women form households without land. While the project may be with regard to agriculture, unless she has access to clean energy and…See More
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Cross posted (1) A fine balance: Balancing what is possible vs what we want achieved | LinkedInLast week a programme manager (implementation) told me:"Madam, the evaluation team came and graded our project as poor on gender equality, stating that land remained mainly under the…See More
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Agency, equity and accountability: Framework for development planning

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Agency, equity and accountability: Framework for development planning

 

This article argues for the need for a Development Planning Framework that transcends one identity and one power relation and is based on three pillars:

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Attention to Gender and Equity in Evaluation Policies and Brochures of Development banks

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This article analyzes attention to gender and equity in evaluation policies/principles/brochures of independent evaluation offices of different banks, namely the African Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank…
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Measuring gender transformative change and intersectional equality

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There is a gap between the emergence of the concept of gender transformative change and assessing gender transformative change in evaluations. This presentation defines gender transformative change and intersectionality; introduces the process of assessing the extent of gender…

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Narratives of women's collectives: challenges and opportunities

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At 4:58 on July 3, 2015, Rituu B Nanda said…

Happy birthday! Thanks for your valuable contribution to the gender and evaluation community. Warm wishes.

At 7:05 on October 11, 2014, Beth Goldblatt said…

I have. It is very helpful. Many thanks Ranjani!

At 4:22 on October 10, 2014, Beth Goldblatt said…

Thanks Ranjani! That is very helpful. Best wishes, Beth

At 10:04 on October 9, 2014, Beth Goldblatt said…

Dear Ranjani Thanks for your reply and for the information. That page does not disaggregate gender within ST and SC unfortunately. If you know any other way of finding out what the gender divisions are within ST and SC workers within NREGA it would be great to know. Or if not data then any studies that unpack these issues, even if just from one state. Many thanks for your help. Beth

At 11:32 on October 1, 2014, Beth Goldblatt said…

Hi Ranjani

I am trying to find data/analysis of MNREGA that shows numbers of women within ST and SC workers employed in MNREGA (national figures). Would you know where I can find these?

Many thanks
Beth

At 14:29 on February 22, 2013, Rituu B Nanda said…

Hi Ranjaniji,

Here is the link to the SALT approach. I am a facilitator of this approach:-)

http://www.communitylifecompetence.org/en/

At 22:54 on February 17, 2013, Rituu B Nanda said…

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