Monthly Corner
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.
Evaluation 2014, AEA, October 15- 18, Denver
AEA%20FINAL_10%20October_AEA_%20Evaluating%20individual%20and%20col...
The AEA was a great learning experience for me, to listen to a diverse range of evaluators and evaluation methodologies. Though data visualization seemed to be the ‘flavour of the season’ and those sessions had a packed audience, there were equally interesting sessions on measuring changes in norms and beliefs.
I was part of a panel on Gender Based Evaluation and Tools and Uses along with Florencia Tateossian of UN Women and Urmi Shukla, CLEAR South Asia, where I presented our project Pahel. The session was chaired by Sonal Zaveri from the Community of Evaluators, South Asia.
The session details are as follows:
Session Abstract:
This session sought to contribute to dialogue on tools and uses of gender based evaluation that help capture power dynamics and gender inequalities and could positively affect future gender based programs. Ultimately, understanding better gender based evaluation tools and uses will strengthen the evidence-base for designing effective approaches related to gender equality. The session presented a broad range of different tools used in gender based evaluation with a focus on evaluation use.
Abstract 1 Title: The Micro-Social Lens of Gender Inequality: Attitudes and Socio-Psychological Measures of Discrimination, Urmy Shukla, CLEAR, South Asia
Presentation Abstract 1: This presentation highlighted the intersection of gender theory and social psychology, presenting the methods and results of Implicit Association Tests (IATs), a unique socio-psychological measure to capture gender attitudes and discrimination. IATs have been widely used within the US to measure race and gender discrimination, boasting a high correlation between attitudes and discriminatory behavior (Greenwald et.al, 1998; Greenwald et.al, 2009). Transferring this methodology to evaluation in South Asia provides a unique opportunity to study gender attitudes and the effect of gender-targeted programing in a challenging context.
Abstract 2 Title: Evaluating Elected Women Leaders' Individual and Collective efficacy, Madhu Joshi
Presentation Abstract 2: PAHEL: Towards Empowering Women, is an initiative of CEDPA India that aims at building leadership skills in elected women representatives (EWRs) from the Panchayat Raj Institutions to monitor and advocate for quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services being delivered by State run facilities.
The project monitoring data shows that EWRs are taking the initiative to improve SRH services by using checklists to monitor health facilities. However, the EWRs have demonstrated impact and initiative in areas beyond the realm of the project.
A qualitative assessment of the project was undertaken to measure and analyse the enabling factors that supported the EWRs to evolve as health advocates and consequent shifts in their individual and collective self-efficacy. The objective of this paper is to contribute to enhanced evaluation knowledge and skills in measuring individual and collective efficacy through qualitative tools.
Abstract 3 Title: Gender approach in evaulating women, peace and security programs, Florencia Tateossian, UN Women
Presentation Abstract 3: UN Women is mandated to take a leading role in normative, operational and coordination work on gender equality, including in peace and security. The UN Women Independent Evaluation Office conducted a corporate thematic evaluation in 2012-2013 to assess UN Women's contributions to increase women's leadership and participation in peace and security. The evaluation employed a theory changed approach and deeply integrated gender and human rights into the report in terms of the power analysis, participation, analytical framework, and results. The evaluation included a portfolio review including country scans and a project database that helped understand the nature of UN Women's activities in conflict countries. UN Women will share its experience conducting this thematic evaluation and using it showcasing how well thought outputs during the portfolio work can enhance the utilization of the evaluation. The presentation will count with an interactive session where the evaluation manager and user will present together.
Sonal and I were also part of the business meeting of the Topical Interest Group (TIG) on Feminist Issues in Evaluation which was an opportunity to network with practitioners and evaluators and taking the work forward from the Conference through sharing our diverse experiences and innovations in evaluation.
Though feminist evaluation was not quite in focus at the Conference, it was a victory of sorts for the Feminist Evaluation group that one Presidential Strand was focused on “Violence against Women” and saw good participation.
There were some interesting presentations on – Designing Responsive MEL Frameworks in the Face of Complex Social Change : Examples from Child Marriage Prevention and another on Measuring Social Norms and Gender Analyses into Public Health Policies and Programmes. There were some controversial sessions too such as the one of Evaluating Social Cohesion: Lessons from UNICEF’s Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programmes where many of the participants had issues with the tools and methodologies.
The plenary sessions offered insights into the future directions for the development and evaluation communities. Examples – Evaluating the Role of Business in Creating Equitable and Sustainable Social Impact and Building New Partnerships to promote the use of Evaluation among Public Policy Makers.
Add a Comment
-
Comment by Alex Haynes on November 21, 2014 at 3:34
-
Thanks for sharing and providing your thoughts for some context, Regards Alex
-
Comment by Rituu B Nanda on November 20, 2014 at 22:48
-
Thank you Madhu for sharing. I have worked primarily in public health and am interested in collective community action. Where can I read more about your project Pahel. I am also interested in learning about the evaluation process of the project. Warm greetings!
© 2026 Created by Rituu B Nanda.
Powered by
You need to be a member of Gender and Evaluation to add comments!
Join Gender and Evaluation