Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women's empowerment in Oxfam
Editor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2014-07-09Subject
GenderKeywords
Gender mainstreamingImpact evaluation
Empowerment
Women's rights
Monitoring and evaluation
M&E
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
Nigeria
Metadata
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
In 2011, as part of a broader effort to understand organisational effectiveness, a team within Oxfam GB began implementing impact evaluations on a small sample of projects largely focused on women's empowerment. The resulting ‘Women's Empowerment Effectiveness Reviews’ employ a quasi-experimental evaluation design, and have been undertaken in more than a dozen sites over three years. This article briefly presents the Women's Empowerment Effectiveness Reviews and their short history, then focuses on five key areas where the approach has presented limitations. Acknowledging that there remains room for improvement, the project has also been a major step forward for Oxfam's monitoring, evaluation, and learning practice. Through this critical reflection, we aim to share some learning to date. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
16ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/13552074.2014.920993