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.
Locating gender equality in evaluations: Choosing pathways
Since the popularity emergence of gender and development approach in the late 1980s, there have been debates on where and how to locate gender equality in evaluations.
At one end, most multi-lateral development banks do not have a separate evaluation criterion on gender equality. The focus is on relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and (some impacts). Evaluation reports indicate that gender equality issues tend to be integrated into relevance, effectiveness, impacts and less into efficiency and sustainability and project/program performance.
On the other hand, UN agencies tend to have a separate criterion on gender equality, and bulk of gender analysis of outcomes, impact and project performance is in this section with varying integration in other evaluation criteria like relevance and effectiveness.
While proponents of both sides argue that their approach is appropriate, the choice of gender equality as an exclusive evaluation criterion must depend on the mandate of the organization. If the mandate includes gender equality, it makes sense to have gender equality a separate criterion, and integrate it within other criteria. However, if the mandate of the organization does not include gender equality, it makes sense to integrate gender equality into criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact.
Either way, gender equality issues to be explored have expanded since the 1990s. The major shifts that needed to be taken in evaluations are
· Addressing gender and intersectional discrimination: It is not adequate if evaluations explore outcomes for, and impact on, women vis-a-vis men, but impact on different groups of marginalized women (migrant, indigenous, Dalits, disabled, ethnic religious minorities etc.) and vis-a-vis dominant men. The discussion must go beyond social inclusion, and to address unique forms of discrimination faced by women of above groups
· Addressing gender transformation: Gender equality can be achieved sustained only when gender norms, power and institutions change. Assessing changes in these aspects is critical, and demands dialogue with non-members, non-project stakeholders as well. Further some norms are easier to change while others are sticky (including intersectional ones), this also must be assessed
· Gender beyond binary Evaluations, like planning and monitoring, have historically looked at gender as binary. This has excluded people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identities. It is important to assess how far the project design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation look at gender beyond family
· Gender/social transformation methodologies: The evaluation theory of change and evaluation matrix should raise questions around gender equality, transformation, and intersectionality Evaluation frameworks and methods that are gender/socially transformative and look beyond binary should be adopted. This includes using the change matrix, social relations framework, social equality assessment tool for analysis and other frameworks. Sampling and methods should address gender/intersectional concerns.
· Reports should include conclusions and recommendations around gender transformation Evaluations should ideally offer conclusions on performance on gender/social transformation, and ways forward to address shortcomings.
Accountability to marginalized women: Findings, conclusions should be taken back to women from marginalized groups for inputs and validation, and not just to project holders and government.
Evaluations are political and reflect gender and other hierarchies, while challenging them. To be aware of this at every stage of evaluation is important
Cross posted from: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/locating-gender-equality-evaluations...
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