Letter from Dugan Fraser, Program Manager, GEI
At the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI), we believe that gender equality is a fundamental human right and a critical priority for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) community. Significant research supports the need to integrate gender considerations into policy development and policy evaluation. The COVID-19 pandemic - and other global conflicts and crises - continue to expose and exacerbate gender inequalities around the world. Consequently, it is especially important that we keep gender at the forefront of our work now.
GEI was formed to support governments and public institutions in building stronger M&E systems. GEI’s activities aim to foster a culture where M&E is valued, used globally, and where governments and other stakeholders seek evidence to inform their decisions. Robust, effective M&E systems enable stronger governance and informed policy-making. Including a gender lens in monitoring, evaluation, and evidence use enhances the gender-responsiveness of public policies and decisions – and ensures that no one is left behind.
GEI Network Partners have been working on gender-related topics for many years. In this issue, they share just a few examples of their work. You can also learn a bit about a new project we are starting at GEI, with generous funding by Global Affairs Canada, to mainstream gender transformative approaches across our Partner Network.
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GEI Launches New Project with Global Affairs Canada to Mainstream Gender-Transformative Approaches Across Partner Network
GEI believes that evidence and data are crucial for helping governments make important decisions on a range of issues. By including a gender-transformative lens into these decisions, governments are able to enhance the gender-responsiveness of their public policies and decisions – making sure their actions don’t leave anyone behind.
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gLOCAL Opens Call For Proposals
GEI's main knowledge-sharing event is just around the corner! Become part of a global movement that promotes the power of evidence to improve people’s lives. gLOCAL is a unique opportunity to meet fellow participants from every part of the world. This year's theme is “The Future of M&E: Culture, Context, and Collaboration." Organize or participate in events from May 29th to June 2nd. Events will take place online and in person. The deadline for submission of proposals is March 31st.
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ENAP and UN Women Host Event on Gender Sensitive Evaluations at gLOCAL 2021
Every year, there are several interesting events related to gender that take place during gLOCAL. If you are in need of inspiration for your event proposal, watch the online panel discussion on “Gender Sensitive Evaluations” hosted by GEI Partners, ENAP and UN Women, in Côte d'Ivoire during gLOCAL Evaluation Week 2021 (event conducted in French).
We also invite you to read the subsequent article that ENAP published in its newsletter (in French).
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GEI Associate Partners Pilot Enhanced Gender and Human Rights Lens as Part of INCE
GEI Associate Partners - UN Women, World Food Programme, and the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) - supported the piloting of an enhanced gender and human rights lens as part of the National Evaluation Capacity Index (INCE). The effort was part of the second country-led INCE diagnostic in Mexico and was implemented in collaboration with the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL).
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ENAP’s PIFED Training Helps Women Evaluators from Côte d'Ivoire Improve Lives and Grow Professionally
In 2022, six women from EVALWOMEN, a professional women's M&E network in Côte d'Ivoire, received scholarships to attend the PIFED program, which is delivered by ENAP, a GEI Implementing Partner. Today, these women are working to improve the lives of citizens in Côte d'Ivoire and to bring about positive changes in their communities and professional environments.
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IPDET Offers Workshop on Gender Responsive Evaluation
As part of its annual in-person evaluation training program, over the past few years, IPDET (a GEI Implementing Partner) has offered a workshop on “Gender-Responsive Evaluation: Enhancing Empowerment and Sustainable Development” conducted by Dr. Marianne Meier, from the University of Bern. High student enrollment rates have indicated an interest in this important topic.
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You can now apply for IPDET's 2023 Onsite and Online Program. Scholarships funded by GEI are available for participants from developing countries.
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CLEAR-SA Develops Curriculum on Measuring Gender Outcomes
In response to increased interest in designing and evaluating programs that focus on gender outcomes CLEAR-SA (a GEI Implementing Partner) in collaboration with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab for South Asia, developed a curriculum to provide rigorous training on the measurement of gender outcomes, such as gender norms, agency, attitudes, empowerment, and behaviors, for impact evaluations.
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GEI Podcast - "The Missing Piece: Reflections on How M&E Helps to Address the Gender Data Gap in Development Programs"
What is the role of evidence and data in helping us address gender inequities? How can monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts help women and girls around the world? Join us for a special episode of The GEI Podcast, “Powered by Evidence,” for International Women’s Day. Our guest-host, Jessica Meckler, GEI’s former lead on Gender and Inclusion, speaks with two experts on the issue: Talip Kilic, Senior Economist at the World Bank Development Data Group, and Megha Pradhan, Director, CLEAR South Asia, and Associate Director of Training at J-PAL South Asia. Get ready for a deep dive on topics around data, M&E and gender.
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New CLEAR-LAB Blog: “International Women's Day: Evidence Points to Ways To Reduce Gender Inequalities”
In a special blog for International Women’s Day, GEI Implementing Partner, CLEAR-LAB, provides a summary of key studies that offer evidence on ways to address gender inequality in public policies and programs in the areas of education, health, social protection, and sports.
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Infographic: Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Evaluation
This infographic (in French) was created by GEI Implementing Partner, ENAP, and shared with members of its community of practice (CoPPIFED) as a means to raise awareness about different ways to address gender when implementing evaluations. It was part of the “Gender and Evaluation Resource Kit” through which ENAP shared resources and promoted discussions with alumni from its Programme de formation en évaluation du développement (PIFED), about the role of evaluation in achieving gender equality. Specifically, this infographic shows different entry points to include a gender perspective in evaluation.
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Feminist Evaluation
This resource from GEI's BetterEvaluation Knowledge Platform highlights 6 basic concepts that underpin feminist evaluation and provides a detailed comparison between gender approaches and feminist evaluation.
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Gender Analysis
This resource from GEI's BetterEvaluation Knowledge Platform shares tips on how to conduct gender analysis. As evaluators, there are many opportunities to include a gender dimension in an evaluation. This resource breaks down the various interventions.
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