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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:
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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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Expanding reach-benefit-empowerment and gender transformation framework
The CGIAR's Reach Benefit Empowerment and Transformation (RBET) distinguishes between approaches "that reach women participants, such as by including them in program activities; those that benefit women, by improving their circumstances in some way; those that empower women, by strengthening their ability to make and put into action strategic life choices; and those that transform gender relations within and outside the household, such as by changing attitudes at the community level" (Reach-Benefit-Empower-Transform (RBET) Framework | CGIAR GENDER Imp...
This article argues that perhaps adding "coverage" to reaching women participants is necessary, in particular if gender norms and practices are to change. A program that works with only 25% of village women cannot hope to change social norms at the community level. A majority of women have to be covered by a program for norms and attitudes to change. Further the program, has to cover women at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities like 'migrant Dalit women', and not treat women as a homogenous category. Empowerment of women and gender transformation have a symbiotic relationship, with empowerment being essential for gender transformation and gender transformation being essential for women's empowerment.
However, women's empowerment and gender transformation require transformation of other social relations too like race, caste, class, ethnicity, religion, abilities, sexual orientation and gender identity. Unless women address hierarchies amongst themselves, women cannot progress towards empowerment. To give an example, a middle-class woman may own a house in urban areas, but may not let out her house to single women and people from minority community etc. Thus, addressing gender and intersectionality is necessary.
At another level, conscientization of men and women who uphold dominant masculinities is essential for both empowerment of women and gender transformation. Some men and women, including from marginalized communities in South Asia, feel that family lineage passes through sons. The practice of dowry upholds male supremacy, and is common in several South Asian countries. These are just few examples.
Yet another factor influencing women's empowerment and gender transformation is the development models which displace marginalized women and men to create beautiful cities for the elite. Poor women find it difficult to eke their living, housing is small, and at times safety is an issue. A pro-poor women development model is necessary
Thus, an expanded framework is suggested:
Reach/Coverage---Benefit- Women's empowerment/Men's conscientization- Pro-poor women development models- Gender/social transformation,
Cross posted from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/expanding-reach-benefit-empowerment-...
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