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IDH Publication, 2026
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is not just a social issue, it’s a systemic challenge that undermines agricultural value chains.
In rural and isolated areas, GBV threatens women’s safety, limits their economic participation, and weakens food security. When women cannot work safely, entire communities lose resilience, and businesses lose productivity. Climate resilience strategies that overlook gendered risks leave communities exposed and women vulnerable.
Ending GBV is essential for building equitable, sustainable, and climate-resilient agri-food systems; and it’s not only a human rights imperative, but also central to climate adaptation and economic stability.
The good news? Solutions work. Programs like the Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund (WSAF) demonstrate that addressing GBV can enhance productivity and strengthen workforce morale and brand reputation. Safe, inclusive workplaces aren’t just good ethics, they’re smart business.
Gurmeet Kaur Articles
Luc Barriere-Constantin Article
This article draws on the experience gained by The Constellation over the past 20 years. It is also a proposal for a new M&E and Learning framework to be adopted and adapted in future projects of all community-focused organisations.
Devaka K.C. Article
Sudeshna Sengupta Chapter in the book "Dialogues on Development edited by Prof Arash Faizli and Prof Amitabh Kundu."
Events
Vacancies
- We’re Hiring: National Evaluation Consultant – Bangladesh
UN Women is recruiting a National Evaluation Consultant (Bangladesh) to support the interim evaluation of the Joint Regional EmPower Programme (Phase II).
This is a great opportunity to work closely with the Evaluation Team Leader and contribute to generating credible, gender-responsive evidence that informs decision-making and strengthens programme impact.
📍 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh (home-based with travel to project locations)
📅 Apply by: 24 February 2026, 5:00 PM
🔗 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gar4ciRr
If you are passionate about feminist evaluation, gender equality, and rigorous evidence that drives change (or know someone who is) please apply or share within your networks.
- Seeking Senior Analyst - IPE Global
About the job
IPE Global Ltd. is a multi-disciplinary development sector consulting firm offering a range of integrated, innovative and high-quality services across several sectors and practices. We offer end-to-end consulting and project implementation services in the areas of Social and Economic Empowerment, Education and Skill Development, Public Health, Nutrition, WASH, Urban and Infrastructure Development, Private Sector Development, among others.
Over the last 26 years, IPE Global has successfully implemented over 1,200 projects in more than 100 countries. The group is headquartered in New Delhi, India with five international offices in United Kingdom, Kenya, Ethiopia, Philippines and Bangladesh. We partner with multilateral, bilateral, governments, corporates and not-for-profit entities in anchoring development agenda for sustained and equitable growth. We strive to create an enabling environment for path-breaking social and policy reforms that contribute to sustainable development.
Role Overview
IPE Global is seeking a motivated Senior Analyst – Low Carbon Pathways to strengthen and grow its Climate Change and Sustainability practice. The role will contribute to business development, program management, research, and technical delivery across climate mitigation, carbon markets, and energy transition. This position provides exceptional exposure to global climate policy, finance, and technology, working with a team of high-performing professionals and in collaboration with donors, foundations, research institutions, and public agencies.
Assessing progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 5 at national and community levels
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Guest lecture by Ranjani K Murthy organized by Community of Evaluators, Nepal, 20th June, 2016
This session seeks to demonstrate how progress towards SDG 5 could be assessed from national to community level using statistics and gender-sensitive participatory methods respectively |
Background to SDG 5
Gender integration in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an improvement over integration in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in many ways. Apart from a stand-alone SDG (5) ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’, gender equality is integrated into several other of the 17 goals (though not all). Targets of stand-alone goal on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment cover spheres not in MDGs like ending all forms of discrimination, violence and harmful traditional practices against women and girls. Targets also emphasise women’s equal access to, and ownership, of productive resources, equal participation in decision making in all realms, valuing unpaid work, promoting shared responsibility promoting universal access to SRHR etc.
Indicators been evolved by the Inter-Agency Expert Group meeting, 2016 related to 169 targets (for 17 goals) which it divides into three tiers
- Tier I: Indicator conceptually clear, established methodology and standards available and data regularly produced by countries
- Tier II: Indicator conceptually clear, established methodology and standards available but data are not regularly produced by countries
- Tier III: Indicator for which there are no established methodology and standards or methodology/standards are being developed/tested
As of March, 2016, eighteen (18) indicators have been evolved related to SDG 5
Monitoring SDG-5
Progress towards SDG-5 can be assessed from national to community levels, and some even at the household level! At national level progress can be assessed for Tier I indicators. To give an example, proportion of women in Parliament and local governments is a Tier I indicator and progress in this regard can be assessed using national statistics. The frequency with which data on unpaid work of women/girls and men/boys- a Tier II indicator- is gathered may need to be increased. However, assessing Tier III indicators like proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care require sub-indicators. These need to be developed in national/ethnic/community context and both qualitative and quantitative sub-indicators are required Taking examples the speaker illustrates how an indicator could be tracked nationally, and brainstorms on developing sub-indicators for Tier III indicators.
At the district level, decentralised monitoring of relevant/prioritised SDG indicators is possible for SDG 5, and was attempted with MDG 3 on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and other MDGs by UNDP in developing countries. At district and community levels leaders of women’s groups/CBOs, trade unions, local government and NGOs should prioritize international SDG 5 indicators relevant to their context and add news ones where necessary. Apart from government data, participatory gender-sensitive methods could be used for monitoring progress towards SDG 5, illustrated with a few examples
SDG Target |
Indicator |
Method |
5.1 |
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere |
Discrimination matrix, role plays and stories |
5.2 |
End Domestic violence by intimate partner |
Violence mapping |
5.2 |
End violence by non-intimate partner |
Violence mapping |
5.3 |
Eliminate early marriage |
FGDs |
5.4 |
Equal sharing of work |
Twenty four hour clock by sex |
5.5 |
Equal decision making by women |
Mapping: Representation, attendance, agenda setting influence, decision making by sex |
5.6 |
Universal sexual and reproductive health and rights |
Body mapping |
5.7 |
Equal Ownership of resources |
Gender-sensitive resource mapping |
Using data to evolve plans and policies is important!
HAPPY MONITORING OF SDG 5!
Add a Comment
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Comment by Rukmini Panda on July 19, 2016 at 15:50
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sure Ranjinidi. Thanks to you also for so thoughtfully presenting the methods.
Regards
Rukmii
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Comment by Ranjani K.Murthy on July 19, 2016 at 15:07
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Dear Rukmini and Susanna
Thanks for your kind comments
If you try using this and have queries please email me at rk_km2000@yahoo.com. Will respond.
Best Ranjani
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Many a thanks Ranjinidi. Its really very useful discussion.
Regards
Rukmini
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Comment by Susanne Lucie BAUER on July 18, 2016 at 13:32
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Thank You dear Ranjany, point 5.1 - 5.7 are most instructive! This helps to specify gender relevance in evaluations, sometimes put into question by team leaders who apparently have little information or interest in specifying what gender concerns imply.
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