UNWomen, Claremont Graduate University and IOCE, under the EvalPartners initiative, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and in partnership with ReLAC and IPEN, are pleased to announce the opening of the first 2014 round of…

Ritu:

I am willing to volunteer for the community--I live in the US and has done evaluation work for the last twenty years. If needed, I can travel to India. Please let me know you need.

Thanks,   Sathi Dasgupta

The XI Gender and Economic Policy Discussion forum, organized by the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) in association with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, on 'Taxation Policies- Implications on Gender and Equity' was held at the India Habitat Centre on 15 January 2014. Prof Ritu Dewan (University of Mumbai) and Ms Yamini Mishra (UN Women) presented at the forum, which was chaired and moderated by Dr Pronab Sen (International Growth…

Dear Members,

Warm greetings!

We set up Gender and Evaluation international online space last year on 16th January 2014, yes its our first birthday. This community was set up…

“Puttava (name changed) is a 10 year old girl whom we found in karavali junction slum area. She was washing utensils. She stated that she has to do all domestic work and also take care of her younger brother who is 3 years old. Both her parents are working as coolie workers at the construction site. She does not attend the local school because she has to take care of her younger brother. She is interested in going to school but circumstances do not allow her. She…

A short film made by Vani Subramanian.

Made on the occasion of a celebration of Devaki Jain's 80th birthday. An event celebrating Devaki Jain's work and contribution to the women's movement and feminist scholarship was held on the 18th of November, 2013 at the India International Centre, New Delhi. It was organised by the Institute of Social Studies Trust, the…

International Workshop on…

Parliamentarians Evaluation Seminar: Kuala Lumpur: 28 March, 2014…

How can we Strengthen National Evaluation Systems”? The  Fall 2013 edition of Evaluation Matters…

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Dear Friends,

Hi! I am a new comer to this forum and very excited to be part of the evaluation community. I would like to share with you all the evaluation of WECAN- a regional campaign to end violence against women, supported by OXFAM. I would really like to know your views on the study.

Dear all,

I want to share with you some of my papers on Gender and Evaluation. Pleases, find attached the comunication Towards a gender-sensitive evaluation? Practices and challenges in international development evaluation. I presented this comunication in the 9th European Evaluation Society International Conference (Praga, 2010). This comunication has just been published with modifications in Evaluation. Abril, 2013 vol. 19 no. 2. Pp. 171-182.…

Ranjani.K.Murthy was supported by Indian Social Studies Trust to be present at American Evaluation Association.

She gave a presentation on Gender and Equity Aware Participatory Processes in Evaluation. On the link below you will find her presentation: Grappling With Complexity: Gender and Equity Aware Participatory Processes in Evaluation



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The X Gender and Economic Policy Discussion forum, organized by the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) in association with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, on 'National Land Reform Policy - Implications on Gender and Equity' was held at the India International Centre on the 29th of October. Seema Kulkarni (SOPPECOM), Charanjit Singh (Dept. of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Devt., Govt. of India) and Madhu Sarin (Fellow, Rights and Resources Initiative) presented at…

The Development Review (ISSN 2220-7651) is an international Journal aimed at bringing the voices from the grassroots. It is a scholarly open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary,  journal focusing on theories, methods and applications in the development sector.  It is published quarterly.Specific focus of the journal is on the following subjects.…

In the countries like in South-Asia, 'Education' and 'Economy' are the two vehicles with which a woman can attain 'Empowerment' in her family and in the society as well.

Here 'Education' does not mean only 'Formal' education. It is informal, life-skill-oriented education. In our country many women are totally illiterate, but can we imagine how do they 'manage' their own family with so many members in a family? Do we (both men and women) recognize their creativity? There are so many…

Link to a blog comparing by John M. Kamensky, Senior Fellow and Associate Partner, IBM Center for The Business of Government.

http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/10/what-our-government-can-learn-india/71296/

(sharing which received from Dr. Prajapati Trivedi, Secretary to Govt of India)

Sometimes it is refreshing to look at how…

The IX Gender and Economic Policy Discussion forum, organized by the Institute of Social Studies Trust (ISST) in association with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, on 'The City as an Inclusive Space through a Gender and Equity Lens' was held at the India International Centre Annexe on the 5th of September .  Dr. Kalpana Viswanath (JAGORI), Aparna Das (GIZ) and Dr. Renu Khosla (CURE india); chaired by Prof. K.T. Ravindran (INTACH/ RICS School of Built Environment) presented at the…

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