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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Cash Transfer Pilot Project in Western Province, Zambia

01/01/2007

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB provided an unconditional, monthly cash transfer to up to 13,500 households n Kaoma and Mongu Districts, Western Province, from November 2005 to March 2006. The purpose of the project was to support households to achieve short-term food security without having to employ harmful coping strategies, and to prevent malnutrition. Cash transfers are an […]

Evaluation report

Analysis of Oxfam’s Female Food Hero Engagement Strategy: A case study of Nigeria’s Obonge Women Program

30/08/2025

1 documents

59 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation report analyzes Oxfam’s Female Food Heroes (FFH) Initiative in Nigeria, known locally as Ogbonge Women. Since 2012, the program has celebrated and empowered women smallholder farmers through recognition, training, leadership development, and advocacy. The study confirms that FFH has enhanced women’s participation in agriculture, expanded their economic opportunities, and strengthened their leadership capacity […]

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

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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

Free access through journal website

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 […]

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 […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Cash Transfer Pilot Project in Western Province, Zambia

01/01/2007

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB provided an unconditional, monthly cash transfer to up to 13,500 households n Kaoma and Mongu Districts, Western Province, from November 2005 to March 2006. The purpose of the project was to support households to achieve short-term food security without having to employ harmful coping strategies, and to prevent malnutrition. Cash transfers are an […]

Evaluation report

Analysis of Oxfam’s Female Food Hero Engagement Strategy: A case study of Nigeria’s Obonge Women Program

30/08/2025

1 documents

59 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation report analyzes Oxfam’s Female Food Heroes (FFH) Initiative in Nigeria, known locally as Ogbonge Women. Since 2012, the program has celebrated and empowered women smallholder farmers through recognition, training, leadership development, and advocacy. The study confirms that FFH has enhanced women’s participation in agriculture, expanded their economic opportunities, and strengthened their leadership capacity […]

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 […]

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 […]

Showing 80 matching results from Policy & Practice

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Cash Transfer Pilot Project in Western Province, Zambia

01/01/2007

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB provided an unconditional, monthly cash transfer to up to 13,500 households n Kaoma and Mongu Districts, Western Province, from November 2005 to March 2006. The purpose of the project was to support households to achieve short-term food security without having to employ harmful coping strategies, and to prevent malnutrition. Cash transfers are an […]

Evaluation report

Analysis of Oxfam’s Female Food Hero Engagement Strategy: A case study of Nigeria’s Obonge Women Program

30/08/2025

1 documents

59 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation report analyzes Oxfam’s Female Food Heroes (FFH) Initiative in Nigeria, known locally as Ogbonge Women. Since 2012, the program has celebrated and empowered women smallholder farmers through recognition, training, leadership development, and advocacy. The study confirms that FFH has enhanced women’s participation in agriculture, expanded their economic opportunities, and strengthened their leadership capacity […]

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 […]

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 […]