Five new innovation projects taking a local perspective on measuring the impact of GBV programmes

We are pleased to announce five new additions to our portfolio of innovation projects, which will contribute to our aim of improving outcomes for people affected by humanitarian crises by exploring more effective, innovative and scalable solutions.

These projects came out of our Taking a local perspective on measuring the impact of gender-based violence (GBV) programming funding call, which we created with the aim of generating new context-based perspectives and insights to inform and progress the global agenda on measuring the impact of GBV programming in emergencies.

This was the second of three calls from our Humanitarian Innovation Fund programme designed to foster the improvement in the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of GBV in emergency programmes. The first call was announced in 2017 and supported projects working on M&E collection methods, while a third funding call will be announced in May 2019.

The successful projects approached this issue in many different ways – from assessing current practices, to arranging the collaboration of frontline actors to define and address field-level challenges.

Creative tools for capturing impact of GBV in emergencies interventions

Lead organisation: Rural Development Initiatives in the Islands of Leyte Inc.
Partner organisation: CHERZ Indigenous Creations, ULIKID Parents Organisation, Inc., Northern Samar Children’s Ministries Network, TUKLAS Innovation Labs – Visayas

Using innovation and human-centred design thinking in developing measurement tools, this Consortium is conducting the very first impact assessment on GBV in emergency programming experiences in the Philippines – both in natural disaster and armed-conflict settings and in partnership with local communities.

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Collaboration of frontline actors for more effective GBV programme measurement

Lead organisation: International Rescue Committee
Partner organisation: Programme de Secours aux Vulnerables et Sinistres – DRC

This project will create a space for GBV actors responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Great Lakes region to pool their existing knowledge on what works, and does not work, in measuring change achieved by GBV programming.

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Exploring innovative monitoring and evaluation practices tailored for GBV programmes

Lead organisation: Syrian Expatriate Medical Association
Partner organisation: Syrian Bright Future, Women Now for Development

This project will explore to what extent current monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices meet the needs of users and how they could be developed to better measure their impact in both the short and long term. Findings will open ways for innovative ideas that are uniquely tailored to GBV programmes.

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Measuring the impact of GBV programmes in emergencies

Lead organisation: Childline Zimbabwe
Partner organisation: Bindura University of Science and Education

Childline Zimbabwe is undertaking a comprehensive review and analysis of existing practices used in measuring the impact of GBV programming in humanitarian responses.

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Improving GBV outcomes in post-earthquake Nepal

Lead organisation: Oxfam
Partner organisation:Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre, Mahila Atma Nirbharta Kendra

Oxfam in Nepal is reviewing how GBV programmes in earthquake recovery are measured and identifying opportunities for innovation in impact measurement of such programmes. The project aims to disseminate learnings that will contribute to improvements in GBV outcomes for internally displaced people.

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