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Evaluation of UN Women’s Work on the Care Economy in East and Southern Africa
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Evaluation of UN Women's work on the Care Economy in East and Southern Africa - Evaluation Report
- Evaluation of UN Women's work on the Care Economy in East and Southern Africa - IN BRIEF
- Evaluation of UN Women's work on the Care Economy in East and Southern Africa - Annexes
A regional study of gender equality observatories in West and Central Africa, carried out by Claudy Vouhé for UN Women
Sources: UN Women
This regional study offers an inventory and analysis of the legal framework of gender observatories, their attributions, functions and missions. It is based on exchanges with 21 countries, in particular the eleven countries that have created observatories. It compares the internal organisation and budgets of the observatories between countries, looks at operational practices, in particular the degree of involvement in the collection and use of data, and identifies obstacles and good practices in terms of influencing pro-gender equality public policies. Finally, the study draws up a list of strategic recommendations intended for observatories, supervisory bodies and technical and financial partners.
MSSRF Publication - November 2025 - Shared by Rajalakshmi
Ritu Dewan - EPW editorial comment on Labour Codes
Eniola Adeyemi Articles on Medium Journal, 2025
An analysis of the “soft life” conversation as it emerges on social media, unpacking how aspirations for ease and rest intersect with broader socio-economic structures, gendered labour expectations, and notions of dignity and justice
Tara Prasad Gnyawali Article - 2025
This article focused on the story of community living in a wildlife corridor that links India and Nepal, namely the Khata Corridor, which bridges Bardiya National Park of Nepal and Katarnia Wildlife Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh, India.
This article revealed how the wildlife mobility in the corridor affects community livelihoods, mobility, and social inclusion, with a sense of differential impacts on farming and marginalised communities.
Lesedi Senamele Matlala - Recent Article in Evaluation Journal, 2025
Events
Vacancies
- Ladysmith seeks a Philippines-based consultant to work on a child marriage project. Strong technical skills in micro-simulation and cost-benefit analysis are needed. Please see the attached ToRs for more details.25039%20Philippines%20National%20Consultant%20.doc
UN Women has announced an opportunity for experienced creatives to join its global mission to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The organization is recruiting a Multimedia Producer (Retainer Consultant) to support communication and advocacy under the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme.
This home-based, part-time consultancy is ideal for a seasoned multimedia professional who can translate complex ideas into visually compelling storytelling aligned with UN Women’s values.
Application Deadline: 28 November 2025
Job ID: 30286
Contract Duration: 1 year (approximately 200 working days)
Consultancy Type: Individual, home-based
Judging impact in the SDG era: The crossroads of data science and M&E!
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
In an era marked by rapid technological change...
Data science and next generation measurement approaches and tools—be they big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, satellite imagery or mobile technology—are opening new possibilities for addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What are the implications for how we judge impact?
On behalf of The Rockefeller Foundation and UN Women, this panel brought together industry experts from diverse schools of thought to explore how data science and new M&E technologies are supporting efforts to assess the SDGs. Among the various topics, we will explore are:
- Tensions and trade-offs in the adoption of these new capabilities
- Ways to ensure we move toward an equitable and inclusive future
- Questions we should be asking ourselves now, but aren’t
We had a candid discussion with NY-based colleagues on Oct 11 and since then, and quite incredibly, an evaluation team has won a Nobel Prize for their innovative approach to measuring impact! Clearly there is a lot of interest and momentum on this topic.
During the discussion, there were a few resources that were mentioned and/or that we thought useful to share:
- A UN Women study anchored by Shravanti Reddy: Can big data be used for evaluation?, as well as a second UN Women study: Gender equality and big data
- The NYT Op-Ed mentioned by Mark Latonero: Stop Surveillance Humanitarianism: Requiring biometric data, like i...
- A post by Linda Raftree on responsible data. Linda is also anchoring a workshop later this month on this topic, see here for more information: Workshop on Ethical Data Practices
- A Rockefeller Foundation blog post on tech-enabled M&E
- The DIAL Principles for Digital Development by the UN Foundation: https://digitalprinciples.org/principles/
Look forward to our ongoing engagement on these topics!
Veronica Olazabal, Senior Advisor and Director, Measurement, Evaluation and Organizational Performance @ The Rockefeller Foundation
Shravanti Reddy, Evaluation Specialist @ UN Women
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Comment by Deborah McSmith, MPH on January 13, 2020 at 23:09
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Is anyone in the group aware of articles or webinars that discuss various methods for assessing long term impact - eg, evaluations that take place up to 5 years after a project or an intervention has been completed, to measure the level of sustained change? Thanks, Deborah McSmith
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