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Laura Hughston - Blog

Arnoux Mouafo Nop & Dimitri Tsona Zapzi - Article 

Prof. Wangari Mwai and Prof. Catherine Ndungo - BOOK

  • Understanding Gender and Identity Through The Gender Dictionary

    Publisher: Bleeding Ink Scribes

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

  • Economy and Inequality

    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.

Events

Vacancies

INCLUDOVATE -  Call for Researchers, Pacific Focus

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.

🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eyF66S7H

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Online meetings/events-:Resources & experiences

Dear All,

With growing health concerns around the COVID-19 outbreak and public health advisory,  Social distancing, event cancellations, and employee plans to work remotely is recommended.  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/index.html

Several conferences and events stand cancelled. Around the world many offices are shifting to work from home or  remote locations, may we collect resources and experiences on organising online meeting and keeping ourselves motivated. 

A well known knowledge Management specialist, Nancy White, has collated some resources here. Excellent initiative by her! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NyrEU7n6IUl5rgGiflx_dK8CrdoB2bw...

I invite you to share experiences related:

  1. What works in online events? What is a challenge and how have you mitigated them?
  2. What is your experience in hosting an online conference?
  3. Tools to facilitate  online meetings and Platforms for organising meetings

  4. How to work from home without losing one's productivity and life work balance? F

Warmly,

Rituu

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Permalink Reply by Maya Reggev on March 14, 2020 at 16:33

Someone shared this resource on our mutual support community group: https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/?fbclid=IwAR1kZMKAR-_hyWCauH1uZ...

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 17, 2020 at 14:20

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Diya Banerjee
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Communications professional I Outreach and media expert
So it was our first day, yesterday, at the International Labour Organization to start with teleworking. One thing that keeps teleworking effective is maintaining a Gantt chart of how your week may look with various work deadlines and even your scheduled break times. At the end of the day, I scribble on a post-it one line about how my day went. 5th September borns are a bit of a planning maniac, so teleworking makes my scheduling charts look like art :) Stay safe everyone, and maintain social distance.
Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 17, 2020 at 14:24

Hosting online circles ( Amanda Fenton, on Facebook)

With many people finding themselves suddenly shifting their in-person circles and meetings to virtual/online, here are some previous blog posts and resources that might be useful:

http://www.thecircleway.net/articles/2020/3/16/resources-hosting-ci...

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 17, 2020 at 14:43

Umi Hanik, Indonesia on twitter

@umihanik_ME
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I think via Zoom or Skype so far is sufficient to support online discussion on most m&e topics (provide slides sharing facility). But for theory of change facilitation is tough one. No idea on this, appreciate if someone can share their knowledge on this
Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 17, 2020 at 14:45

Barbara Klugman, South Africa on email

Working from home? Video conference call tips for the self-isolating
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/mar/14/video-conference-call...

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 17, 2020 at 15:08

From Nancy White

The Carey Institute is offering support to those who have to move teaching online, particularly those serving the underserved: https://mailchi.mp/careyinstitute.org/moving-learning-online-immedi...

This is through their Center for Learning in Practice, which has been focused on supporting teachers of refugees. 

Moving Learning Online in Emergencies: Immediate Support
For NGOs, Ministries, Formal and Non-formal Educators
The Carey Institute is offering support to those who have to move teaching online, particularly those serving the underserved:
https://mailchi.mp/careyinstitute.org/moving-learning-online-immedi...

This is through their Center for Learning in Practice, which has been focused on supporting teachers of refugees. 
Dear Colleagues,

We know that right now, educators around the world are seeking to rapidly adapt their working arrangements to slow the spread of COVID-19. Your work is essential to the people you serve. That's why we're committed to supporting you and your team as you transition your work online during these uncertain times.

Regardless of your context, content, language, or experience, the Center for Learning in Practice is prepared to assist you in making the shift.

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 18, 2020 at 1:49

Virtual ice breaker

It's called Check-In Success, and it's a comprehensive guide to check-ins, the simple, powerful tool we often use at the start of meetings.

I created the site because so many leaders with whom I work don't use check-ins.  

Using them, and using them skillfully, is even more essential as greater numbers of meetings will be conducted virtually.

If I can get my act together, I hope to create a post directing people to the site (which is free of course).

Thanks, and best,

Richard

                                       

Richard Cohen, Principal

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 18, 2020 at 14:39

The Ultimate Tipsheet for Working Remotely

Author(s):USAID LEARN
Organization(s):Bureau for Policy Planning and Learning
Date Published:April 18, 2019

remote_working_tipsheet_final.pdf

Permalink Reply by Elisabeth Hofmann on March 19, 2020 at 13:27

I attended a important online event last septembre - they issued some guidelines on the bases of their experiences: https://www.copernicus-alliance.org/news-archive/279-guidelines-for...

Thanks a lot for the constructive initiative, Rituu!

Keep safe, everbody!

Elisabeth

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 23, 2020 at 10:55

Thanks Elisabeth!

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on March 23, 2020 at 10:57

Here are some resources to conduct online focus groups 

Roller, M. R  (2020, March 20). Focus Groups: Moving to the Online Face-to-face Mode. Retrieved from https://researchdesignreview.com/2020/03/16/focus-groups-moving-onl...

https://researchdesignreview.com/2020/03/16/focus-groups-moving-onl...

Permalink Reply by Michaela Raab on March 26, 2020 at 19:10

Hello Rituu, 

Many thanks for initiating this useful discussion! I have just written a brief blog on a combined virtual/real life theory of change workshop, to contribute to the questions about online events.

Working from home has been my default mode for more than ten years in independent consulting. After the first year, I decided to turn my guest room into a study that I could close the door on at the end of the day. That really helped. For those who don't have a spare room, just designating a specific space for work may also help...

Stay safe!

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