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Arnoux Mouafo Nopi & Dimitri Tsona Zapzi - Article
Prof. Wangari Mwai and Prof. Catherine Ndungo - BOOK
- Understanding Gender and Identity Through The Gender Dictionary
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RAI SENGUPTA - gender-transformative evaluation tools
This synthesis draws on evidence from 17 humanitarian evaluations across diverse crisis settings. It identifies key feminist evaluation innovations across four domains - design, methods, analysis, and ethics - illustrating how feminist principles can be embedded throughout the evaluation process. It also surfaces broader shifts required at policy, institutional, and practice levels to realise the transformative potential of feminist approaches in humanitarian contexts.
The toolkit translates these insights into applied guidance for evaluators and organisations. It provides step-by-step support across the full evaluation cycle, including planning, design, methods, analysis, ethics, and dissemination. Drawing on global feminist evaluation practice, humanitarian guidance, and gender evaluation standards, it includes adaptable tools, participatory and arts-based methods, guiding questions, and templates for field application.
Ritu Dewan & Swat Raju - Article
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In Promises & Reality 2026 Citizen’s Review of Year 2 of the NDA-III Government. Coordinated by Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, June 20, 2026. pp 94-100.
UTTHAN - Research Report
Traversing the path with women farmers in their fields and in our reflections/writings, a stark observation was the sheer lack of localized and regional vocabulary and terminology to adequately capture and communicate the understanding of climate change and mitigation strategies, informed by the unique experiences and needs of small and marginal women farmers. This is what propelled our research - to examine how women farmers perceive, express, experience, and respond to climate variability across
Our Research Report centres the lived experiences, generational knowledge, and resilience strategies of small and marginal women farmers from the coastal (Bhavnagar) and hilly (Dahod & Panchmahal) regions i.e two contrasting agro-climatic zones of Gujarat. Through their voices, the study reveals exactly how climate change intersects with gender, land rights, labour burdens, and food security.
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As a feminist research incubator and certified social enterprise, Includovate works with partners including UNICEF, UNFPA, the ILO, governments, and development organisations across 23+ countries. Our work spans gender equality, social inclusion, health, disability, youth, climate, WASH, market systems, and other development priorities.
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Evaluating pre-COVID 19 programmes in post COVID times: Why development paradigms matter
Recently I was asked whether I would evaluation a programme in multiple states of India which was framed in pre COVID 19 times. The criteria suggested was the DAC criteria - relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and others (includes gender equality, sustainability, innovation).
To me it seemed important to add another criterion- resilience. How far had the programme strengthened resilience to such medical disasters and its consequences for migrants and informal sector? To me this question was as important as asking how relevant was the programme/project to the situation at that time.
Further, while several programmes and projects have a theory of change, there is no reference to what is the development paradigm underpinning the theory of change. For example, a development project could be within the neo liberal development paradigm of free markets and privatization or challenge the same, saying that they will work on an approach where local development (watersheds, right to land/commons) is given a priority, and migration is limited. Thus theory of change could be that income increases through group based micro credit, productive loans and activities, access to private markets etc, or there could be income increase through most marginalised groups (women amongst them) claiming their right to land and commons, strengthening water resources, forming producer groups and engaging in fair trade. Will the latter approach reduce migration in countries like India, and address caste, class and gender?
A related issue, has the underpinning development paradigm promoted humanness needs assessment. Have development projects fostered a space, where people who test COVID positive are not discriminated against? Are migrants welcomed back, or kept away. Are tenants of a particular community thrown out? Are men sharing the work burden during lockdowns? That is, have social norms become more egalitarian through the programme/project
With regard to methodologies, use of technology may be necessary if the evaluation is done during COVID 19 times. Mobile phones, Zoom calls, skype etc.
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Comment by Rituu B Nanda on October 15, 2021 at 15:47
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Hi Ranjani,
I highly value what you say in this blog because you are pointing us towards systemic changes based on equity principles. Humanness needs assessment is also very interesting concept. This means building resilient communities who think critically about how they are responding to a situation or a concern. We are lucky to have you in our community from whom we can learn a great deal. Thank you!
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