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Formative Evaluation of Gender Transformative Programming through Investment in Adolescent Girls’ Leadership in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAR)
Overview
As country offices and sectors align with operationalizing UNICEF commitment to gender equality and empowerment of women and girls supporting the goal areas of the Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and begin to invest substantial resources in gender transformative programming, it has been decided to conduct a formative evaluation of UNICEF’s efforts that aim both to change overall structures that underpin gender inequality, and to contribute to lasting and positive change in adolescent girls’ lives in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.
This evaluation aims to both learn from the implementation of GAP 2018–2021 targeted commitments towards adolescent girls and generate evidence on the current state of UNICEF’s performance in gender transformative programming, identifying key lessons and the most impactful approaches, unpacking what kinds of investments have been made so far, as well as taking into account the specificities of the region (e.g. HIV burden, widespread harmful practices such as FGM and child marriage, high level of adolescent pregnancy rate). Based on such evidence, it is expected that the evaluation will inform implementation of similar commitments from GAP 2022-2025 in ESAR, by identifying the structure and resources needed for advancing a girl-intentional approach in programming to foster gender-transformative approach and results, thus enabling country offices to replicate and scale more ambitious and bolder interventions across sectors and across the region.
The evaluation will have a specific focus on girl-intentional programming looking at specific investment made in adolescent girls’ agency, empowerment and leadership in ESAR, and three case study countries will be identified for in-depth exploration and field visits. The evaluation is also expected to engage with and involve adolescents throughout the evaluation process, not only during data collection, but also in the inception and validation phases.
Report Details
| Year Published | |
| Type | |
| Joint | No |
| Partner/s | N/A |
| Consultant name | Social Development Direct |
| Agency Focal Point | Emmanuelle Compingt |
| Focal Point Email | ecompingt@unicef.org |
| Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
| Geographic Scope | Country |
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Formative Evaluation of Gender Transformative Programming through Investment in Adolescent Girls’ Leadership in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESAR)
