Inclusive Systemic Evaluation: Case Studies from the Americas and the Caribbean
Webinar
About the Event
This is a co-organized webinar that will introduce ISE4GEMs; a methodology designed to work with the intersecting complexities of gender equality, environmental conservation (as well as habitability) and the inclusion of marginalized voices (human and non-human). The relevance of this topic directly supports the Agenda 2030 of “leaving no-one behind”, using systems thinking and transdisciplinary theories (e.g. evaluation, feminist, sustainability, development, intersectionality) and practice towards increased grassroots designed social change. Every country is striving to achieve its commitment to the SDGs, particularly considering pernicious gender inequality, violation of human rights and climate change’s impact on human life, flora and fauna. This webinar will serve to deepen the conversation and learning on how to create a systemic theory of change in acknowledgement of these complexities, legitimacy though participatory practices and ethical priorities.
Sessions
Panel Discussion
June 2, 2020
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Esta sesión contará con una introducción a la metodología ISE4GEMs (Evaluación sistémica inclusiva para la igualdad de género, medio ambiente/entorno y voces marginalizadas) y el pensamiento de sistemas, enfatizando su relevancia en un contexto caracterizado por la complejidad. Además, presentará un estudio de caso aplicando la metodología en una evaluación llevada a cabo por DEval en Colombia.
Sesión en español. Link para registrarse en la sesión: https://unwomen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlf-GhqjkqGdCMakw7NAI4awgw92ZNcLoO
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen Lewis | Consultant | Ellen D. Lewis, PhD, works with public, private and community organizations to help them thrive in the face of change, complexity and uncertainty. She is a systems thinker and organization development consultant and evaluator who pays attention to how social systems attend to environmental sustainability, social justice, economic well-being, cultural contexts, youth and society engagement and community development. Ellen has lived and/or worked in Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, United Kingdom and the United States. She has a reputation for building sustainable partnerships that last beyond projects in change management, organization development, capacity development, youth employment and gender equality. She has a PhD in Systems Thinking. |
| Nathalia Munoz | Consultant | Nathalia Munoz, M.A. Public Policy, YEE, is a sociologist and a specialist in social transformation processes. Expertise in university teaching, coordination and research (qualitative and quantitative methods), design, execution, systematization and evaluation of cultural and social transformation projects for over 10 years. Consultant, evaluator and development director in La Pista Colombian Circus Corporation. Nathalia was a member of the ISE4GEMs evaluation team in Colombia 2019-2020. |
| Leidy Rivera | Consultant | Leidy Rivera, M.A. Public Policy, YEE, is public administrator specializing in post-conflict research and social interventions. Field work include working with women, ethnic communities of Valle del Cauca (indigenous, afro-descendants and rural populations), training in public management, citizen participation and human rights. Leidy was a member of the ISE4GEMs evaluation team in Colombia 2019-2020. |
| Nataly Salas | Evaluator | Nataly Salas, M. A. in Development Programme Evaluation, works with Focelac, a DEval initiative in Costa Rica. Nataly has broad experience in developing and evaluating social projects. |
| Tania Gato | Consultant | Tania has a Master's Degree in International Development and further specialization on gender. She works as an independent consultant for UN agencies (such as ITC-ILO, FAO and UN Women), NGOs and the private sector, mainly on the integration of gender perspective into projects, conducting gender analysis, writing EU projects proposals and designing on-line and face-to-face learning contents on gender issues (such as gender pay gap, intersectional discrimination, segregation of work). Since 2017 she conducts final and mid-term evaluations of humanitarian and development gender-related projects. Among her interests: intersectionality and discrimination, gender and climate change and masculinities studies. She lived and traveled around South America and she speaks and works in English, Spanish, Italian and currently improving her French. |
Panel Discussion
June 3, 2020
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
This session will introduce the ISE4GEMs methodology (inclusive Systemic Evaluation for Gender equality, Environments and Marginalized voices) emphasizing its relevance in contexts characterized by complexity. The theoretical approach to the methodology will be supported with the practical experience of a UN Women-led ongoing evaluation in the countries of the Caribbean.
Session in English. Link to register for the session: https://unwomen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkce2pqjotHNXqO_uC8MvrKmLQy7FPBP-q
Speakers
| Name | Title | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Shravanti Reddy | Evaluation Specialist | Shravanti Reddy, M.A., has been working as an Evaluation Specialist at UN Women, the UN agency dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment for over ten years. She conducts global strategic evaluations of UN Women’s work, has been involved in large scale joint evaluations and reviews within the UN system, and works to develop innovative methodologies and approaches, including on big data and ISE4GEMs. She is also a member of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG), where she has worked to develop evaluation norms, standards, and guidance for the UN system, including as co-Chair of the UNEG Human Rights and Gender Equality Taskforce were she led the development of two guides on how to incorporate human rights and gender equality in evaluation. She has previously worked at UNICEF and with domestic and international NGOs on human rights and development issues. |
| Ellen Lewis | Consultant | Ellen D. Lewis, PhD, works with public, private and community organizations to help them thrive in the face of change, complexity and uncertainty. She is a systems thinker and organization development consultant and evaluator who pays attention to how social systems attend to environmental sustainability, social justice, economic well-being, cultural contexts, youth and society engagement and community development. Ellen has lived and/or worked in Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, United Kingdom and the United States. She has a reputation for building sustainable partnerships that last beyond projects in change management, organization development, capacity development, youth employment and gender equality. She has a PhD in Systems Thinking. |
| Nataly Salas | Evaluator | Nataly Salas, M. A. in Development Programme Evaluation, works with Focelac, a DEval initiative in Costa Rica. Nataly has broad experience in developing and evaluating social projects. |