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Laura Hughston - Blog

Small Voices, Big Insights

Arnoux Mouafo Nopi & Dimitri Tsona Zapzi - Article

Femininity as an African Epistemology: Indigenous Knowledge and Evaluation among the Ngiembo’on of Cameroon

Prof. Wangari Mwai and Prof. Catherine Ndungo - BOOK

Understanding Gender and Identity Through The Gender Dictionary

Publisher: Bleeding Ink Scribes

RAI SENGUPTA - gender-transformative evaluation tools

Synthesis of Feminist Evaluation Innovations in Crisis Contexts,

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.

Feminist Evaluation in Crisis Toolkit

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

Economy and Inequality

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

Localising Climate Knowledge & Strategies: Perspectives of Small and Marginal Women Farmers from Gujarat

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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INCLUDOVATE - Call for Researchers, Pacific Focus

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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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Attention to Gender and Equity in Evaluation Policies and Brochures of Development banks

This article analyzes attention to gender and equity in evaluation policies/principles/brochures of independent evaluation offices of different banks, namely the African Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank Group, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the New Development Bank. It took the support of LM Notebook for this analysis

Of the six development banks, only the Independent Development Evaluation at the African Development Bank identifies gender as a core subject for its thematic evaluation and evaluation synthesis. It further works with UN Women to improve evaluation quality. Concerns of equity are referred to indirectly in evaluation policy/principles/brochures of four of the six agencies—with reference to evaluating inclusive growth, shared prosperity, accountability to citizens, social development,

Institution	Document Title	Attention to Gender	Attention to Equity & Inclusivity
African Development Bank (IDEV)	Independent Development Evaluation at the African Development Bank	Identifies gender as a core subject for "Thematic evaluations". The institution completed an "Evaluation Synthesis on Gender Mainstreaming" in 2020 and works with UN Women to improve evaluation quality.	Directly addresses equity through an "Evaluation Synthesis on Promoting Inclusive Growth" (2023). It also emphasizes accountability to citizens by documenting the impact of Bank activities.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)	Evaluation Policy	Not explicitly highlighted as a separate evaluation metric in the policy excerpt.	Progress towards a sustainable market economy is evaluated against being "inclusive". Evaluation is used to reinforce institutional accountability for this inclusive mandate.
World Bank Group	World Bank Group Evaluation Principles	Not explicitly detailed beyond the vision of inclusive growth.	Guided by goals to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. The policy mandates that citizen and beneficiary feedback be integrated into accountability and learning processes.
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group)	Evaluation Policy Framework – IDB Group	Not explicitly highlighted in this high-level policy framework.	Foundational purpose includes accelerating "economic and social development". The framework ensures evaluation findings reach beneficiaries to foster institutional transparency.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)	Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank	Not explicitly detailed in the provided brochure excerpts.	Evaluates "special concerns" related to organizational and operational effectiveness. Impact evaluations use surveys of beneficiaries to ensure the validity and reliability of results regarding development impact.
New Development Bank (NDB)	New Development Bank Evaluation Policy	Not explicitly mentioned in the provided policy excerpts.	Focuses on strengthening the quality of interventions to deliver results in member countries. Aims to promote accountability for "value for money" and developmental impact.