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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Chad

01/11/2005

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of Oxfam GB corporate priorities. Oxfam GB defines gender mainstreaming as a process of ensuring that all our work, and the way we do it, contributes to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between the women and men. A Gender Representation Advisor was recruited in 2004 to support Oxfam’s […]

Journal article

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

12/12/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

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Overview

Patriarchal, imperialist, and colonial forces have long attempted to delegitimise global South epistemologies and elevate Western modes of thinking, knowing, and therefore being. In particular, within development discourse, the principles and practice of mainstream Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (popularly known as MEL) continue to legitimise these forms of knowledge construction, production, and dissemination. Traditional MEL […]

Journal article

Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

18/02/2013

17 pages long

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Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

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Overview

Participatory approaches for impact assessment are increasingly becoming popular with development organisations for engaging multiple stakeholders. We present our use of participatory impact diagrams as an evaluation tool within a mixed methods impact assessment of several drought-reduction interventions in Kenya. Results show that because men and women have different roles, their experiences of interventions vary. […]

Journal article

Learning about women’s empowerment in the context of development projects: do the figures tell us enough?

09/07/2014

18 pages long

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Learning about women’s empowerment in the context of development projects: do the figures tell us enough?

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Overview

In this article, we consider three projects implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation: a project in Nepal focusing on capacity building (vocational skills training); a project in Bangladesh focusing on income generation; and a project in Kosovo working on agency – enhancing the voice of citizens in local governance. The article examines how donor requirements for […]

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Humanitarian

Photo captions and credit Oxfam, together with partners in Turkiye and Syria working to reach nearly 2 million people affected by the quake with aid and support. Tineke D’haese/Oxfam

Journal article

A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls

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Overview

This article presents findings from a review of 70 evaluations of development interventions which had direct or indirect impacts on the economic empowerment of women and girls. We defined this as a process whereby women and girls experience transformation in power, agency, and economic advancement. The review distilled knowledge about monitoring, evaluation, and learning methods […]

Book

Protection: An ALNAP Guide for humanitarian agencies

01/04/2006

2 documents

120 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This guide gives essential advice and insights to humanitarian practitioners who are involved in providing safety and protecting vulnerable people in war and disaster. It provides a framework for responsibility and action, which helps clarify conceptual issues and helps humanitarian field workers position themselves vis-a-vis other actors who have overlapping mandates. A practical schema is […]

Book

Gender, Development, and Health

01/01/2001

1 documents

119 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This book argues that two fundamental changes are needed if both women and men are to achieve better health. The first of these is to ensure equal access to all the resources that women and men need for healthy minds and bodies: not only to medical care, but to food, water, shelter, a source of […]

Journal article

Community involvement in constructing village health buildings in Uganda and Sierra Leone

01/11/1995

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

What opportunities are there, within Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes, for village communities to participate in the process of conceiving, constructing, and maintaining their own health facilities? This article looks at three PHC projects in Sierra Leone and Uganda, involving NGOs, governments, and host communities in the construction of health buildings. From these case studies, […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Chad

01/11/2005

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of Oxfam GB corporate priorities. Oxfam GB defines gender mainstreaming as a process of ensuring that all our work, and the way we do it, contributes to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between the women and men. A Gender Representation Advisor was recruited in 2004 to support Oxfam’s […]

Journal article

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

12/12/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

Keywords

Overview

Patriarchal, imperialist, and colonial forces have long attempted to delegitimise global South epistemologies and elevate Western modes of thinking, knowing, and therefore being. In particular, within development discourse, the principles and practice of mainstream Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (popularly known as MEL) continue to legitimise these forms of knowledge construction, production, and dissemination. Traditional MEL […]

Journal article

Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

18/02/2013

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Participatory approaches for impact assessment are increasingly becoming popular with development organisations for engaging multiple stakeholders. We present our use of participatory impact diagrams as an evaluation tool within a mixed methods impact assessment of several drought-reduction interventions in Kenya. Results show that because men and women have different roles, their experiences of interventions vary. […]

Journal article

Learning about women’s empowerment in the context of development projects: do the figures tell us enough?

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Learning about women’s empowerment in the context of development projects: do the figures tell us enough?

Keywords

Overview

In this article, we consider three projects implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation: a project in Nepal focusing on capacity building (vocational skills training); a project in Bangladesh focusing on income generation; and a project in Kosovo working on agency – enhancing the voice of citizens in local governance. The article examines how donor requirements for […]

Webpage

Humanitarian

Photo captions and credit Oxfam, together with partners in Turkiye and Syria working to reach nearly 2 million people affected by the quake with aid and support. Tineke D’haese/Oxfam

Journal article

A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls

Keywords

Overview

This article presents findings from a review of 70 evaluations of development interventions which had direct or indirect impacts on the economic empowerment of women and girls. We defined this as a process whereby women and girls experience transformation in power, agency, and economic advancement. The review distilled knowledge about monitoring, evaluation, and learning methods […]

Book

Protection: An ALNAP Guide for humanitarian agencies

01/04/2006

2 documents

120 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This guide gives essential advice and insights to humanitarian practitioners who are involved in providing safety and protecting vulnerable people in war and disaster. It provides a framework for responsibility and action, which helps clarify conceptual issues and helps humanitarian field workers position themselves vis-a-vis other actors who have overlapping mandates. A practical schema is […]

Book

Gender, Development, and Health

01/01/2001

1 documents

119 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This book argues that two fundamental changes are needed if both women and men are to achieve better health. The first of these is to ensure equal access to all the resources that women and men need for healthy minds and bodies: not only to medical care, but to food, water, shelter, a source of […]

Journal article

Community involvement in constructing village health buildings in Uganda and Sierra Leone

01/11/1995

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

What opportunities are there, within Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes, for village communities to participate in the process of conceiving, constructing, and maintaining their own health facilities? This article looks at three PHC projects in Sierra Leone and Uganda, involving NGOs, governments, and host communities in the construction of health buildings. From these case studies, […]

Showing 77 matching results from Policy & Practice

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Chad

01/11/2005

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of Oxfam GB corporate priorities. Oxfam GB defines gender mainstreaming as a process of ensuring that all our work, and the way we do it, contributes to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between the women and men. A Gender Representation Advisor was recruited in 2004 to support Oxfam’s […]

Journal article

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

12/12/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

Keywords

Overview

Patriarchal, imperialist, and colonial forces have long attempted to delegitimise global South epistemologies and elevate Western modes of thinking, knowing, and therefore being. In particular, within development discourse, the principles and practice of mainstream Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (popularly known as MEL) continue to legitimise these forms of knowledge construction, production, and dissemination. Traditional MEL […]

Journal article

Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

18/02/2013

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

Keywords

Overview

Participatory approaches for impact assessment are increasingly becoming popular with development organisations for engaging multiple stakeholders. We present our use of participatory impact diagrams as an evaluation tool within a mixed methods impact assessment of several drought-reduction interventions in Kenya. Results show that because men and women have different roles, their experiences of interventions vary. […]

Journal article

Learning about women’s empowerment in the context of development projects: do the figures tell us enough?

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Learning about women’s empowerment in the context of development projects: do the figures tell us enough?

Keywords

Overview

In this article, we consider three projects implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation: a project in Nepal focusing on capacity building (vocational skills training); a project in Bangladesh focusing on income generation; and a project in Kosovo working on agency – enhancing the voice of citizens in local governance. The article examines how donor requirements for […]

Webpage

Humanitarian

Photo captions and credit Oxfam, together with partners in Turkiye and Syria working to reach nearly 2 million people affected by the quake with aid and support. Tineke D’haese/Oxfam

Journal article

A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls

09/07/2014

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls

Keywords

Overview

This article presents findings from a review of 70 evaluations of development interventions which had direct or indirect impacts on the economic empowerment of women and girls. We defined this as a process whereby women and girls experience transformation in power, agency, and economic advancement. The review distilled knowledge about monitoring, evaluation, and learning methods […]

Book

Protection: An ALNAP Guide for humanitarian agencies

01/04/2006

2 documents

120 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This guide gives essential advice and insights to humanitarian practitioners who are involved in providing safety and protecting vulnerable people in war and disaster. It provides a framework for responsibility and action, which helps clarify conceptual issues and helps humanitarian field workers position themselves vis-a-vis other actors who have overlapping mandates. A practical schema is […]

Book

Gender, Development, and Health

01/01/2001

1 documents

119 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This book argues that two fundamental changes are needed if both women and men are to achieve better health. The first of these is to ensure equal access to all the resources that women and men need for healthy minds and bodies: not only to medical care, but to food, water, shelter, a source of […]

Journal article

Community involvement in constructing village health buildings in Uganda and Sierra Leone

01/11/1995

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

What opportunities are there, within Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes, for village communities to participate in the process of conceiving, constructing, and maintaining their own health facilities? This article looks at three PHC projects in Sierra Leone and Uganda, involving NGOs, governments, and host communities in the construction of health buildings. From these case studies, […]