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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.
Evaluating gender mainstreaming vs evaluating gender transformative change
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Gender mainstreaming means integrating a gender equality perspective at all stages and levels of policies, programmes, and projects. Women and men have different needs and living conditions and circumstances, including unequal access to and control over power, resources, human rights, and institutions, including the justice system. The situations of women and men also differ according to country, region, age, ethnic or social origin, or other factors. The aim of gender mainstreaming is to take into account these differences when designing, implementing and evaluating policies, programmes and projects, so that they benefit both women and men and do not increase inequality but enhance gender equality." (COE, 2024)
Gender-transformative change is broader than mainstreaming. As per the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the gender-transformative change/approach seeks to:
"...actively examine, challenge and transform the underlying causes of gender inequality rooted in inequitable social structures and institutions. As such the gender transformative approach aims at addressing imbalanced power dynamics and relations, rigid gender norms and roles, harmful practices, unequal formal and informal rules as well as gender-blind or discriminatory legislative and policy frameworks that create and perpetuate gender inequality. By doing so, it seeks to eradicate the systemic forms of gender-based discrimination by creating or strengthening equitable gender norms, dynamics and systems that support gender equality. The gender transformative approach challenges unequal gender relations and discriminatory norms and practices, which are typically biased in favour of men. It also aims to change those norms and practices that discriminate against men and by which men can feel overburdened." (FAO, 2024)
The difference between gender mainstreaming and gender-transformative change lies in the latter's emphasis on addressing root causes and power relations, making legislative and policy changes that lead to inequalities, and addressing norms of masculinities that oppress men and women. More recently, agencies like the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have clarified that gender-transformative change also entails: (i) bridging gender gaps, (ii) addressing intersectional gaps (like between Dalit women and dominant caste men in India); and (iii) looking at gender beyond binary (LGBTIQ+) issues. (ADB, 2024a, ADB, 2024b)
Many evaluations focus on evaluating gender mainstreaming rather than on assessing progress towards gender-transformative change. For example, an FAO project on animal health and food systems in Mongolia is an example of evaluation of gender mainstreaming, in that the main question is: "to what extent gender and inclusion issues been taken into account in project design leading to strengthening inclusion?" The sub-questions were: Which relevant gender and social inclusion issues were addressed by the project? Did the project identify any vulnerable/marginal groups through its implementation, and did it address their participation? Were sex and other relevant disaggregated data collected relating to project activities and outcomes? Was there an appropriate gender balance in participation in project activities and results? (FAO, 2024) Questions on gender composition of staff of the implementing agency and evaluation team were other aspects investigated. Mixed methods are called for, with equal reliance on quantitative and qualitative methods.
The few evaluations that assess progress on gender-transformative change often look at gender mainstreaming and transformative change together. For example, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)'s country programme review of Ethiopia, 2023, looks at: women’s access to and ownership of assets, resources, and services vis-à-vis men; participation in decision making vis-à-vis men; and workload balance across gender and impact on women’s incomes, nutrition, and livelihoods vis-à-vis that of men. (IFAD, 2023) Evaluations that gauge progress on gender- transformative change assess to what extent interventions and strategies have been gender transformational, relative to the context, by: (i) addressing root causes of gender inequality and discrimination; (ii) acting upon gender roles, norms, and power relations; and (iii) promoting broader processes of social change (beyond the immediate intervention). Evaluators consider differential impacts by gender and the way they interact with other forms of discrimination (such as age, race, ethnicity, social status, and disability). ADB also prioritises how the interventions have addressed the rights and welfare of LGBTIQ+ people. Expertise on assessing gender-transformative change may be called for within the evaluation team. Mixed methods are essential and should include qualitative approaches such as mapping of changes in power, decision making, attitudes, norms, legislation, and policies. Frameworks that clarify at gender and social gaps, gender at work, social relations, and power and empowerment, as well as social equity assessment tools and social movement analysis, can be used to analyse findings. Evaluation of gender-transformative change will analyse contributions by including counterfactuals but not randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
Communication tools may be used in both assessment of gender mainstreaming and gender-transformative change. Examples include mobile-phone-based applications, computer applications, remote sensitive, or artificial intelligence - the first two of which were used widely in evaluations during COVID-19. Communication tools may also be used for validation and dissemination of findings and recommendations. Apps like Skype, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams are often used for validation and dissemination. The gender-transformative aspects are sensitivity to the user of these communication tools, questions raised, and analysis and conclusions/recommendations drawn. Further, ensuring that marginalised women have access to mobile phones and the power to answer questions posed by evaluators is a must.
References
Asian Development Bank, 2024, "Evaluation of ADB's Support for Accelerating Progress in Gender Equality", Asian Development Bank, Manila
Asian Development Bank, 2024, Evaluation Team's Definitions for the Purpose of Analysis, ADB (mimeo)
Council of Europe, 2024, What Is Gender Mainstreaming? - Gender Equality (coe.int)
Food and Agriculture Organization, 2024, "Evaluation of the Project 'Strengthening Animal Health and Food Safety Systems’ in Mongolia", FAO, Rome
Hillenbrand E, Karim N, Mohanraj P, and Wu D., 2015, "Measuring Gender Transformative Change: A Review of Literature and Promising Practices". CARE USA. Working Paper
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2023, "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation", IFAD, Rome
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