Monthly Corner
Claudy Vouhé shared GRB in local authorities (French)
Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) shows that the development of a budget and budgetary choices are powerful levers in terms of gender equality. We share our lessons learned in the field: a 5-step method, concrete examples (culture, sport, subsidies, public procurement, etc.) and keys to success. An operational work to objectify the impact of public policies and budgets and make RHL accessible.
Anuradha Kapoor Shared Swayam Recent Published Study
This exploratory study foregrounds the largely invisible issue of natal family violence (NFV) in India, exploring its forms, prevalence, and deep, long-term impacts on women's lives. It challenges the myth of the natal home as a safe space and centres survivor voices and lived experiences. The findings expose systemic silences and institutional barriers to justice. It offers vital insights for policy reform, feminist praxis, and deeper societal reflection.
Research Workshop on School Violence Prevention and Response - BLOG POST
Blog post summarizing key findings from each presentation and highlighting the outstanding research of all participants
Tara Prasad Gnyawali - Narrative
My flashback to working with wildlife-affected communities living in a biological transboundary corridor in Bardiya, Nepal, where I spent my golden 15 years. This story reflects changes that demonstrate how a community's tolerance extends to coexistence, and that is only due to the well-integrated planning of Ecotourism opportunities for the community.
Mehreen Farooq - BLOG
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
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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.
Doing things right or doing the right things? Lessons from participation in EES, 2014
Participation in EES, 2014 was an excellent opportunity to rethink assumptions, meet friends again and see bits of Dublin.
What did I learn from the four days I spent at EES? I learnt from 'systems-thinkers' the distinction between doing things right and doing the right things. If one has the wrong theory of change but a plan of action, one can land up doing planned things right, but not the right thing to address the issue that one wants to address be it poverty, HIV/AIDS, equity etc. At the same time there is a need for reflection on what is "right" which itself can be contested Looking back it is more easy in evaluations to assess whether things planned are being rightly implemented, than ask "are right things being done?" and "whose views are reflected in determining what is right?" (Hummelbrunner, 2014)
Yet another lesson is the need for rooting our evaluations in theories. While theories on evaluation are becoming popular, the panel on 'what we can learn from classics' made a brilliant case that we root our evaluation work in theories of sociology, political science, economics etc. (including Karl Marx!) In fact, multidisciplinary exploration of years gone by contrasts with the current tendency to specialise. However, there was nobody making the case of delving into what Simone de Beauvoir and other feminists of that time wrote.
The panel on real time evaluations was brilliant and pointed to how agencies and individuals can do rapid assessments (3-4) in humanitarian situations and plan forward. A detailed evaluation does not make sense as the situation is changing rapidly. The importance of meeting diverse stakeholders (including men and women from affected community) during real time assessments was emphasized, but not involving primary stakeholders in planning ahead. In-fact accountability to marginalised groups in evaluations posed a challenge in almost all the sessions/plenaries/workshops that I atteended.
While one tends to look at evaluations at micro-level, there were others evaluating European regional cohesion program. The indicators and the evaluation challenges were different. For example, data on cohesion was not always available at the regional level. Contribution is more difficult to assess. Yet, as women's group when we launch regional campaigns on women's rights, minority rights or LGBT rights we need to learn how to assess regional advocacy and programs.
I was taught that evaluation is at the end of the project period. The workshop on evaluability assessments point to the need to examine right after design if the theory of change is evaluable, if data would be generated through the proposed MIS to evaluate the project and so on. Evaluability of projects and programmes is important, and this has to be factored from the beginning.
On the whole, the EES, 2014 committee not only 'did things right', but also 'did the right things'. Nevertheless a lesson is not to have gender exclusive panels but integrate gender specific presentations into mainstream. Greater effort also needs to be made to bring developing country voices into large plenaries - efforts from developed and developing countries are essential. It would then perhaps not be European, but perhaps time is right for Global Evaluation Society!
Reference:
Hummelbrunner, R, 2014, Systems Thinking, Learning and Values in Evaluation (ppt), Presented at the EES, 2014 in Dublin on October 2nd, 2014
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Comment by Rituu B Nanda on October 10, 2014 at 22:37
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Response from our member Dr Suresh Sundar through email
Thanks.
Excellent take home messages presented by Ranjani.If there is a good monitoring process in place, accompanied by a concurrent evaluation system, with participation of stakeholders, there will be ample scope for mid course corrections, leaving very little surprises during the mandatory terminal evaluations.With best wishes,Suresh Sundar
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Comment by Barbara Befani on October 10, 2014 at 19:15 -
Hi, thanks for sharing this. As a participant to the conference, as well as a member of the organizing committee and an EES board member, I am particularly glad you enjoyed the conference.
I wanted to flag that Richard Hummelbrunner has written an article on the same topic of this presentation, which will be published in the IDS Bulletin 46.1, due out in January 2015 in a special issue edited by myself, Ben Ramalingam and Elliot Stern. The IDS Bulletin is not technically open access but for this special issue Wiley will make an exception and it will be freely downloadable (including Richard's article).
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