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Evaluation of UN Women’s Work on the Care Economy in East and Southern Africa 

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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UN Women has announced an opportunity for experienced creatives to join its global mission to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The organization is recruiting a Multimedia Producer (Retainer Consultant) to support communication and advocacy under the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme.

This home-based, part-time consultancy is ideal for a seasoned multimedia professional who can translate complex ideas into visually compelling storytelling aligned with UN Women’s values.

Application Deadline: 28 November 2025
Job ID: 30286
Contract Duration: 1 year (approximately 200 working days)
Consultancy Type: Individual, home-based

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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 Rituu B Nanda on April 17, 2020 at 12:14
Permalink Reply by Catherine Borgman-Arboleda on April 20, 2020 at 1:39

Hello!

Here is a recording of a conversation we had about moving our LME work online , which might be of interest to some in this community: https://avina.zoom.us/rec/share/uekuBOzCrz5LAZXQ5FHVdqU4LNvFX6a82nd...

Thanks!

Catherine

Permalink Reply by Nora Blascsok on May 13, 2020 at 15:47

Hi everyone, i am new to this forum. Just thought i share the blog my colleagues wrote on remote facilitation, sharing their experience running workshops with clients as well as an internal L&D module: https://www.itad.com/article/remote-workshop-facilitation-lessons-l... 

Hope it is useful.

Permalink Reply by Rituu B Nanda on June 18, 2020 at 9:34

Resource in English, French and Spanish: “Feminist organizing toolkit: planning virtual meetings!”

https://wedo.org/feminist-organizing-toolkit-planning-virtual-meetings

Permalink Reply by Lindo Simelane on July 13, 2020 at 19:17

Hello all,

I am new to this forum but I am very excited to learn from you all. Thanks for these great resources. I work with SurveyCTO, a mobile data collection platform working with practitioners in international development, education, monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment and evaluation, humanitarian spaces and many others. We did a webinar last month on decentralized data collection, including remote onboarding, training, and accompaniment of enumerators. You can watch it here: https://www.surveycto.com/videos/decentralized-data-collection-webi...

Anyone interested in learning about designing and delivering remote teaching programs is welcome to join our next webinar on Wednesday July 29, 2020 at 1pm UTC / 9am ET. More details here: https://www.surveycto.com/events/webinar-young-1ove-remote-teaching/

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