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.
A WEBINAR OF TRANSFORMING LIVES USING SALT
Webinar with the title "Let's HALT and learn SALT" was organized on 29th October 2021 under the aegis of the Department of Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College, the University of Delhi in collaboration with Constellation, Evaluation Community of India, Global Fund for Children, Asia-Pacific Evaluation Association with a goal of co-creating knowledge on SALT: Participatory tool for evaluation with over 45 energetic participants. SALT stands for Share/Stimulate, Appreciate, Listen/Learn/ Link, and Transfer/ Teamwork.
The virtual model of education has been tough for the students to experience on-field activities but Rituu B. Nanda, community and evaluation facilitator created virtual learning more experiential. The entire webinar nestled on the pillar of participation from planning to implementation. I remember, our first interaction with Rituu was worthwhile. She didn't make us feel like an out-comer, she cushioned us with her talks and experiences. She delightfully assigned the responsibility to one of my classmates and me to suggest a title to the webinar and happily titled it with our suggested name.
The webinar commenced with the step of knowing the participants’ choices and perception of participants about things around them like college, its building, favourite spots to enjoy, etc. The agenda of the webinar was to apprise students about SALT as a technique, but the impressive part was we conducted the method on ourselves to comprehend it. What we name in our development fields; learning by doing. The webinar underlined the certainty that all of us are comprised of unique potentials or strengths which makes us distinct from one another, not all can do everything but together we can. Understanding one's innate strength makes one hopeful and drives towards achieving the goals. Every step of SALT tries to cultivate seeds of ownership and trust. This makes the human realize that he/she possesses capabilities to unravel issues around and start taking initiatives for it, which further stimulates them to strive for the set targets and become self-reliant.
With the assistance of case studies, Rituu expressed how complex problems can be brought into notice using a simple technique of SALT. It's not only exclusive to the field of evaluations but can be connected with various backgrounds. The SALT encourages people's strengths by appreciating them through positive reinforcement. It's important to keep the house in the process of learn-unlearn-relearn for a favourable transformation.
Field functionaries from two NGOs, Rural Aid and Avani were also a significant part of the webinar. They shared their lived experiences of using the SALT approach and shared success stories from fields which made our learnings more momentous. The objectives, challenges, stakeholder analysis shared were the core ingredients to our concepts which connected dots with practicality. At the end of the webinar, an evaluation was also done to express the strengths and weaknesses of the webinar and the scope of improvements for the future. The evaluation activity was executed by the field functionaries, every participant in the webinar felt acknowledged and respected because of the participatory approach.
In a nutshell, the webinar on SALT left us with the understanding that anything can be succeeded by acknowledging the strengths and working out as a team. One upshot that I'll surely try to inculcate in my day-to-day life is to be compassionate and listen to others and make them recognize their inner potential and show them the beam of hope within them. Several events leave you with lifelong footprints of understanding that how simple things make difference in the lives of people.
Palak Khanna
M.Sc. Development Communication and Extension, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi
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Comment by Rituu B Nanda on December 23, 2021 at 22:07
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Thanks for your active participation in the community today, Rachel. There are marked differences between Robert Chambers approach and SALT https://the-constellation.org/our-approach/salt-clcp/
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Comment by Rachel Andriatsitohaina on December 23, 2021 at 2:09
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SALT appears similar to participatory methods in rural development proposed by Robert Chambers as well as user experience design.
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Thanks Palak. So honoured to learn from you.
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