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Laura Hughston - Blog
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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At Includovate, we are expanding our Pacific Research & Evaluation Talent Pool and inviting researchers, evaluators, consultants, and development practitioners to join a growing network of professionals committed to creating meaningful social impact.
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.
We are particularly keen to connect with experts from:
📍 Papua New Guinea
📍 Solomon Islands
📍 Vanuatu
📍 Timor-Leste
📍 Fiji
📍 Samoa
📍 Tonga
📍 Indonesia
📍 Australia
and across the wider Pacific region.
We welcome expertise in:
✓ Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
✓ Gender Equality & Social Inclusion
✓ Health & SRHR
✓ Disability Inclusion
✓ Youth Development
✓ Climate & Environment
✓ WASH
✓ Market Systems Development
✓ Governance & Community Development
Whether your expertise lies in data collection, research, evaluation, technical advisory, facilitation, or team leadership, we would love to hear from you.
By joining our Talent Pool, you become part of a trusted network of professionals who may be considered for future research, evaluation, advisory, and consulting opportunities across the Pacific region and beyond.
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Global Cafe in Practice
During an interactive lecture given by Ms. Ritu Nanda on Knowledge Based management and evaluaiton at the National Institute on Labour, Economics and Man Power Research, we had an opportunity to practice Global Café. Four groups were formed that undertook the following questions?
Group 1.
How is knowledge captured? Is anything missed?
Group 2.
How is knowledge organised? Is everything accessible?
Group 3.
How is knowledge shared? Are all staff able and willing to be open with others?
Group 4.
How is knowledge used? What's in place to ground discussions in evidence where you work?
The groups were given 10 minutes to work on the various topics above. After 10 minutes every group left there workspace and went to check what other groups had tackled and added any information they thought the other group left out. This was done until all four groups had been to every workstation of all the each group. The following were the results of that activity:
HOW IS KNOWLEDGE CAPTURED?
- Through sharing of experiences - By trainings - Through study - Mentorship - Induction
- Through observations - Through experimentation - Through shadowing - Media - Counselling
- Public speaking - Peer reviews - Research - From documents - Internet - Online backup (google drive)
- Policy recommendations
HOW IS KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZED?
- Shared drives - weekly archives - Drop box - Database - Brochures - Reports - Books and Journals
- Library - Intranet - MIS - Thesis, Research proposals - Documentaries - Films - Audio tapes
IS EVERYTHING ACCESSIBLE?
NO.
HOW IS KNOWLEDGE SHARED?
- Though meetings - Committee - Workshops/ conferences - Face to face - Email, telephones, social media - Lectures - Trainings - Open access from drives - School - Story books - Newsletters - Press releases - Social Mapping - Story telling
ARE STAFF ABLE AND WILLING TO BE OPEN WITH OTHERS?
NO.
- Seniors normally dominate.
YES
- Everyone has a say. It depends on the story.
HOW IS KNOWLEDGE USED?
- To formulate policy - For decision making - For capacity building -For formulation and dissemination of reports - For performance improvement
WHAT'S IN PLACE TO GROUND DISCUSSIONS IN EVEIDENCE WHERE YOU WORK?
- Steering committees - staff meetings - workshops/conferences - stakeholders meetings - Annual plans - Evaluation meetings.
We were able to complete in such a short time and able to capture almost everything if not all of the information required on each question. I learned a lot and am going to apply this in future in my work place. We appreciate you Ms. Ritu for sharing your knowledge with us.
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Comment by Ranjani K.Murthy on February 14, 2018 at 13:39
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Dear Rituu
Can you kindly englighten me as to what is global cafe? How can it be useful in development context Thanks
Ranjani
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Comment by Rituu B Nanda on November 13, 2017 at 22:48
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Anne, you posted it:-) I am glad it was of use. Greetings to everyone in the class. Would love to see you again.
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