Monthly Corner
Claudy Vouhé shared GRB in local authorities (French)
Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) shows that the development of a budget and budgetary choices are powerful levers in terms of gender equality. We share our lessons learned in the field: a 5-step method, concrete examples (culture, sport, subsidies, public procurement, etc.) and keys to success. An operational work to objectify the impact of public policies and budgets and make RHL accessible.
Anuradha Kapoor Shared Swayam Recent Published Study
This exploratory study foregrounds the largely invisible issue of natal family violence (NFV) in India, exploring its forms, prevalence, and deep, long-term impacts on women's lives. It challenges the myth of the natal home as a safe space and centres survivor voices and lived experiences. The findings expose systemic silences and institutional barriers to justice. It offers vital insights for policy reform, feminist praxis, and deeper societal reflection.
Research Workshop on School Violence Prevention and Response - BLOG POST
Blog post summarizing key findings from each presentation and highlighting the outstanding research of all participants
Tara Prasad Gnyawali - Narrative
My flashback to working with wildlife-affected communities living in a biological transboundary corridor in Bardiya, Nepal, where I spent my golden 15 years. This story reflects changes that demonstrate how a community's tolerance extends to coexistence, and that is only due to the well-integrated planning of Ecotourism opportunities for the community.
Mehreen Farooq - BLOG
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.
Evaluating innovation at UNICEF
Innovation for development is the key and UNICEF has made it an organizational priority.
Why is innovation important?
The world is changing faster than ever, as are the challenges facing its most vulnerable. Conflict and displacement, disasters and climate change, and urbanization and disease outbreaks are growing complex and interrelated. Exploring new ways of delivering programmes, with new partners and new technologies, is increasingly getting recognized as being crucial to face global challenges and meet the promise of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
UNICEF believes in accountability and progress
In 2018, the Evaluation Office commissioned the Evaluation of Innovation in UNICEF Work with the purpose of generating important information for organizational learning. The main questions addressed were to understand more about values, structures, and systems related to innovation. To what extent does UNICEF’s organizational culture stimulate or incentivize innovative thinking? To what extent is space created for new ideas for ‘intrapreneurs’? How effectively does UNICEF leverage resources for innovation across offices, divisions and levels? How effectively are activities, results and good practices of innovative work documented and shared?
© UNICEF/Nigeria/SorensenA child being measured with the height/length measurement device (HLMD) in Nigeria. The HLMD Product Innovation Project aims to drive improvements to current measuring devices and development of novel products. New and/or improved products are intended to improve data quality, for use in household surveys and health facilities in programme countries. The UNICEF Supply Division employed a model of co-creation with industry through competitive procurement processes.
The objective was to assess UNICEF’s ‘fitness for purpose’ to employ innovation as a key strategy to achieve the outcomes and goals defined in the strategic plan periods 2014-2017 and 2018-2021. It also sought to provide insights on how innovation contributes to UNICEF’s goals as well as how it might contribute to increasingly effective organizational responses in the coming years.
How did we evaluate innovation at UNICEF?
We conducted the evaluation through separate yet interrelated projects:
- 13 innovation case studies (including 9 field visits) to provide evidence of specific innovations having progressed from ideation to scale;
- an organizational assessment to provide evidence of UNICEF’s ‘fitness for purpose’ to innovate as a key strategy to achieve its larger outcomes and goals; and
- a synthesis to integrate learning and generate conclusions and recommendations.
© Ethiopia/Ariel KangasniemiChildren practice counting as part of the highly specific pedagogical model of the Accelerated School Readiness (ASR) Programme in Ethiopia.
Deloitte, a multinational professional services network, and Moore Stephens, a global accountancy and advisory network of independent firms, worked with us using mixed sources and methods.
Who is this evaluation for?
The intended primary users of the evaluation are UNICEF decision makers across levels. Our ambition is to also reach out to a range of internal and external stakeholders including governments, other United Nations agencies and initiatives, development partners and implementers. Our intent is to inform decisions in an impartial manner, backed by credible evidence, and to maximize UNICEF resources for innovation.
What are our recommendations?
Firstly, UNICEF should be commended for clearly signaling its intent to use innovation as a means of delivering results for children. To achieve even greater impact, we suggest:
- developing a shared strategic vision and approach that directly addresses constraints and drives decision making;
- acting on needed structural changes by leveraging UNICEF’s unique strengths in its decentralized structure and collective capacities at centralized levels; and
- embracing a portfolio management approach to upscale all innovations of the organization.
Because we are great performers with vision and the ambition to pursue excellence together with existing and new partners. Are you with us?
The Evaluation of Innovation of UNICEF’s Work can be accessed here.
Laura Gagliardone is Evaluation Specialist at the UNICEF Evaluation Office and the author of this blog post
Beth Ann Plowman is Senior Evaluation Specialist at the UNICEF Evaluation Office and manager of this evaluation
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Comment by Laura Gagliardone on August 27, 2019 at 19:43
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Hi Rituu, as management response, I would gather all innovations which happen at HQ, RO, and CO level and collect good practices for potential replication and upscale. The Evaluation encourages the adoption of a portfolio management approach. Thanks for the question, Laura
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Comment by Rituu B Nanda on August 27, 2019 at 8:34
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Thanks Laura. What is one thing you would do differently after learning from this evaluation?
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