We consider how incorporating gender considerations and various feminisms in evaluation work can inform all the steps in the project cycle going forward. In one example, we demonstrate how building a cultural model for evaluation of child literacy programs in developing country settings, such as USAID’s Early Grade Reading Assessment, brings a focus on the role of the mother, critical aspects of African feminisms, and overlaps and contradictions with Western feminisms. Additionally, integrating gender considerations at the project onset and throughout the project cycle – as is required and advised broadly by donors and contracting organizations – necessarily builds the case for incorporating a feminist lens in evaluation. This presentation brings to light culturally responsive evaluation practices by identifying how feminist theory and insight ensure a more effective and humane framework for evaluation
Gender and Feminist Lens(es) in Evaluation FINAL.pptx
In this presentation the means utilized and the results obtained from engaging youth in process and outcomes evaluations of an out-of-school-time program will be presented
Engaging Youth in Process and Outcomes Evaluations.pptx
This think tank will explore the challenges and best practices of working with and relating to stakeholders in program evaluation. Presenters will share their experiences with engaging stakeholders from various fields, disciplines, or populations. Central to this discussion will be the notion that various stakeholder groups bring a unique and often integrated culture (or way of doing things) and perspectives that should inform the evaluation process; evaluators must be equipped with certain knowledge and skills to navigate and facilitate understanding within and across stakeholder groups while ensuring and balancing standards of quality. This session poses two questions: 1) How do evaluators begin to understand the stakeholders’ perspectives involved in the program evaluation?; and 2) What role do or should stakeholders play in the design of the evaluation? Participants will be assigned to one of three stakeholder groups – decision makers, implementers, or recipients – to explore these questions in small group discussions
Positionality Matters Understanding Culture and Context From the Perspective of Key Stakeholders.pdf
The presentation is about one important cultural dimension the power distance in explaining the relationship between empowerment and evaluation outcomes and the moderating effect of supports from high-social-status stakeholders. The presentation helps evaluators to raise their awareness of the perception of the cultural difference not only of the nation but also within the organization when they try to get stakeholders involved in programs
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In this presentation, the underlying vision, purposes and history of the "Common Outcomes Process" of the United Way of Greater Houston (UWGH) along with an assessment of that process and outcomes evaluation findings from three "affinity groups" will be discussed. Central to this presentation will be the theme of how the UWGH facilitated the empowerment of affinity groups of like- services providers to evaluate common outcomes utilizing like measures, data collection, and data reporting methods
The Common Outcomes Process of the United Way.pptx