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Arnoux Mouafo Nop & 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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About the job
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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Policy and Evaluation: How can I help you?
Dear Colleagues,
I am a retired public policy analyst fortunate to be a stage in my life where I have the blessing of being able to choose when and what work I undertake next. Because of this, I am inspired to ask within this knowledgeable and thoughtful network how I can be of service and better utilize my skills and experience to assist socially marginalized and vulnerable people.
The information that flows through this forum continually enlightens me and inspires me to critical thought around what and how I contribute to the change that we are all working towards. Over the past year or so, I have noted the postings to this forum that highlight the intersection of evaluation with policy at all levels; it from this premise that I am asking for your advice and guidance.
For more than thirty years I have worked and gained immeasurable experience in evidence based policy development at all levels of society. Due to the nature of positions that I have held over my career I have also honed my skills and expertise in the areas of advocacy, research, communications, knowledge management, and of course, evaluation. I have profiles on both Devex and LinkedIn if you want further detail on my experience.
Early in my career I was blessed to have amazing mentors, who not only empowered me but opened, up my ability to always pursue critical analysis through lens such as gender and other determinants of health perspectives. Then in 1991, I was so privileged to be trained in the leading edge of policy development within a gender lens through the Status of Women Canada. Now I incorporate both the determinants of health and the sustainable development goals in all analysis I do.
Throughout my career I have always focused on how to formulate policy that is socially responsible. For me this means asking critical questions and understanding how any action taken by a government, organization or group will not only impact the intended audience but how it might have unintended impacts on others. Then I work to ensure that unintended impacts are discussed, mitigated or removed if possible.
As I noted before, I am in position where I do not need to work to support myself through contracting fees so any work I undertake now always has an element of volunteering to it. My international experience in working/volunteering has been generally within Europe and Africa but as an avid traveller I am truly open to learning and sharing expertise anywhere there is a mutually beneficial opportunity.
My question to this forum is how would you utilize someone with my advanced policy skills to assist evaluation practitioners and organizations with the translation of evaluation findings into evidence based practices and policies? How could I help you or an organization you know? If you had access to a skilled policy analyst what would you want their expertise for? Are there tools a policy analyst could provide you with that would assist you in your work?
I am so looking forward to your feedback and insight. Thank you in advance for taking time from your very busy lives to at least read this post.
Thanks, Cheryl J. Dalziel
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Permalink Reply by Harriet Adong on
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Hello Cherly, my name is Harriet and I would love to connect and pick up this conversation, please contact with me on Skype harriet.adong5.
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