There is extensive literature on poverty, gender equality, and sustainable development but few data and information regarding how the use of time affects such issues. This report, through facts and figures, clearly shows that time spent in unpaid employment, mainly by women, contributes to economic growth even if it is generally ignored in economics. Therefore provides motivation for time use surveys (TUSs) to measure, monitor, and understand economic and social consequences of many…

Author: Laura Gagliardone

Date: November 2016

LinkedIn profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauragagliardone81

Abstract

People’s behavior is determined by their setting of goals, the motivation they feel…

STUDY: WOMEN’S ALLOCATION OF TIME IN INDIA

Author: Laura Gagliardone, Research Analyst and Development Writer

LINKED IN PROFILE ¨ glaura.sorriso@gmail.com

Date: November 2015

LESSONS LEARNED

1. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: review the literature regarding the…

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During the recent AEA conference 2016 in Atlanta, several members of the Management Group of EvalGender+ presented a panel on “Challenges and Successes of Operationalizing EvalGender+ Globally”. In a rich exchange with the audience, we discussed achievements…

Dear Team,

4 November 2016, goes down in the History of the Evaluation Profession in Rwanda as the day that gave birth to the Rwanda Monitoring and Evaluation Society. I am happy to have witnessed this great milestone in Africa’s Evaluation History as it unfolded at the Lemigo Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. The process that finally culminated into the official launch of…

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 …

I am very pleased to share with the Gender and Evaluation community the new Guidance on Evaluating SDGs with an equity-focused and gender-responsive lens.

The objective to publish a new  guidance is to focus on the SDGs process, and support  national evaluation systems on how to integrate equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluation to inform national reviews of SDGs. The guidance proposes a step by step process  for country-led evaluations that are equity-focused and…

http://www.comminit.com/job_vacancies/content/womens-empowerment-strategic-rebellion

This report presents findings from a Qualitative Evaluation of a sports-based adolescent girls and young women's empowerment programme in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai called the Goal Programme. The evaluation was commissioned by the Naz Foundation and Dasra. It argues that the Programme has strengthened self-esteem, leadership and life skills of adolescent girls and young women, and made a dent on ability to handle gender based violence, menstrual health, and financial literacy. Gender…

During four days from 20-23 September 2016, Donna Mertens, the well-known professor and author of several books on mixed methods in research and on diverse participatory and inclusive approaches to evaluation, conducted a course on Transformative Evaluation to 35 professionals of several disciplines from Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Paraguay in Santiago, Chile.  The course was sponsored by Fulbright Foundation, Universidad Santiago de Chile and American Evaluation…

Marco Segone, Director of the Independent Evaluation Office at UN Women, speaks about evaluation in the context of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Key differences between MDGs and SDGs and also shares what SDGs mean for the evaluation community. Strong evaluation functions can determine what works and what cannot work.…

Introduction

Diversity refers to the political entities with members who have identifiable differences in their cultural backgrounds or lifestyles. People come from various backgrounds and are raised differently depending on their origin, culture, heritage and so on. In the modern workplace where globalization has left the world a global village, people from all walks of life integrate. There is therefore a…

Hi there! I am very happy to have joined in the gender evaluation community!

 As EES board member and, more importantly, evaluation enthusiast, I invite you to join us (in presence and virtually) in the upcoming #EES2016 debate about evaluation futures: connectivity, innovation and use! We are very excited to explore what it will mean for the gender community.

Please use the #EES2016 hashtag!

Please check the Conference Programme and…

“Your assumptions are your windows to the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”― Isaac Asimov

A very warm welcome to all my readers! I decided to make this months blog about how being an Evaluator has further strengthened my ability to be flexible, to excel in any environment, and to connect with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures.

I have been involved…

Are you a currently employed Non-profit professional working in Monitoring and Evaluation, Gender, or Agriculture Program Implementation? If so, Lutheran World Relief has a volunteer learning opportunity for you. Please see attached publication, and contact via the emails listed for additional information.…

The third book - A Resource Pack on Gender Transformative Evaluations - in the series of publications under the project 'Engendering Policy through Evaluation: Uncovering Exclusion, Challenging inequities and Building Capacities' (supported by the IDRC, Canada and the Ford Foundation,New Delhi) is out.

Edited by Shraddha Chigateri and Shiny Saha, A Resource Pack aims to inform readers of what constitutes gender transformative evaluations, and how to conduct such…

EvalGender + est l'une des initiatives lancées le 25 Novembre 2015 à Kathmandu (Népal) ayant pour mission de:

•  renforcer la demande, l'apport et l'utilisation des évaluations axées sur le genre et l'équité pour aider à l'atteinte les objectifs du développement durable (ODD);
• réaliser l'égalité des sexes et l'équité sociale pour le développement durable

La communauté de pratique EvalGender+Francophone mise en place à cette occasion vise…