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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
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Hiring a Research Manager to join us at the Gender x Digital (GxD) Hub at LEAD at Krea University, Delhi.
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• 4+ years of experience in evaluation and applied research
• Ability to manage data quality, lead statistical analysis, and translate findings into clear, compelling reports and briefs
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The Challenge and Potential of Being Women Evaluator, Asia Context
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Responses from American Evaluation Association linkedin group
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We are working on evaluation capacity development in Uganda and we have noted that female evaluators are very few. We have therefore organized a special training and reflection on the same subject area as above.
Our suspicion that we are yet to confirm is the fear for the rigour required in evaluation.
This training also aims to introduce the female evaluators to a network of evaluators with whom they can team-up with given their areas of specialization.
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Rakesh
Rakesh Mohan
Director at Office of Performance Evaluations
Top Contributor
Namaste! In some work environments, a few men in positions of power may not take women evaluators as seriously as men evaluators. This phenomenon may not be limited to Asia only; I have seen it in the United States as well, though rarely. For example, if a team of two evaluators (one man and one woman) are presenting the results of their evaluation at a meeting, some audience members may only pose their questions to the male evaluator. The good news is that these type of men are on the path of rapid extinction.
Umi Hanik
Monitoring & Evaluation Professional, Founding Members of Indonesian Development Evaluation Community (InDEC)
Hi Rakesh! interesting! is it at the same years of working experience or mostly happened to young female evaluators?
do you have assumption on the rational or possible cause why they treat female evaluators that way? is it because they don't want to give us hard questions? they just being nice? or anything else?
Rakesh
Rakesh Mohan
Director at Office of Performance Evaluations
Top Contributor
Hi Umi,
First, thanks for connecting with me on LinkedIn.
You are asking excellent questions. With respect to the age difference, the women evaluators were much younger than the male evaluators.
I really do not have any good assumptions or a possible explanation regarding the rationale for such treatment.
All the best.