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.
THE MAINSTREAMING CONUNDRUM
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to share a poem to stimulate a reflection and possibly a discussion about gender mainstreaming, particularly the challenges that confront those who work at the coalface of gender policy implementation. As everyone is aware, the world governments as well as members of Civil Society Organizations ies and Non-Governmental Organizations are gathered in New York to review progress in implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPfA) that was adopted 20 years ago. An authoritative global review reveals that while there has been some progress, advancement in the status of women has been unacceptably slow with areas of stagnation and even regression. This situation has been attributed to world leaders who are said not to have done as expected in operationalizing the commitments made in the visionary BDPfA.
As a person who attended the Beijing Conference and witnessed the adoption of the gender mainstreaming strategy and then went on to pioneer its implementation in two multi-lateral organizations, namely UNDP (1993-1998) and the African Development Bank (1998-2010), I have an insider’s view regarding some of the factors that have stymied effective action. My poem, provides a humorous insight regarding some of the barriers. Some of those that I refer to include the inappropriate positioning and lack of power and authority on the part of Gender Specialists and Gender Focal Points; the practical problems of integrating women/gender in development project documents; the hypocrisy employed in some organizations to impress donors in order to access funds which ultimately fail to trickle to women; and, the attitudes, beliefs and mental struggles of men who are supposed to implement equality policies. The poem ends with a note of caution to those who do gender work who may at times be misunderstood given that they seek to promote a redistributive issue that deals with access to and control over power and resources.
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Comment by Kathy Selvaggio on March 17, 2015 at 19:10
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Well put and very sharp. But awfully cynical, perhaps deservedly so. Perhaps it is best to give up on lip service and rhetoric and posturing of these large institutions, and stick with the international and local NGOS that really mean it when they talk about gender equality.
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Comment by Kristy Kelly on March 17, 2015 at 18:57
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Wonderful - thank you for finding new creative venues for sharing the challenges we face! I will share this with my students and colleagues - thank you!
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Comment by NUTAN PRABHA JAIN on March 17, 2015 at 12:40 -
So true. Beautifully you have put feelings of many of us in lovely words. It is a continuous journey till we achieve gender equality and equity. Hope for the best!
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Comment by Nite Tanzarn on March 17, 2015 at 12:15
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Thanks a lot Laeticia. Reading through the 11 poems made me relive some of my gender mainstreaming efforts...the question is: "In light of what has been done [the thinking, the strategizing, the lobbying, the commitment to the cause, etc.] how do we move forward?"
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Comment by KIMES on March 17, 2015 at 12:14
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Great work from our neighboring Country, lets steer this discussion forward
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Comment by Barbara Rosenstein on March 17, 2015 at 11:48
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Thank you for sharing that. So true. I never understood why gender is a separate issue that had to be added on and why some countries are proud that they devote 9%of their budget to gender and why they talk about gender when what they mean is "women". Hey, we are 50% of the population if not more. I suppose when gender is no longer an issue, it will be a sign that we no longer divide the population into "regular=men" and "gender=women". In the meantime, we are moving in the right direction slowly.
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Comment by KALYANI MENON-SEN on March 17, 2015 at 8:25
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This is lovely, Laetitia - speaks to the experience of so many of us!
Thanks - am going to share this widely :)
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