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EvalYouth Voices: Gabriela Rentería Flores
The EnCompass Learning Center (ELC) is committed to helping strengthen communities and organizations through the use of evidence, learning, and leadership development. Our partnership with EvalYouth to provide scholarships for young and emerging evaluators is an...
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Celebrating Black History Month with Fresh Hope
In celebrating Black History Month in the United States, we pause to celebrate a rich cultural history and the Black Americans who have contributed to building this country. It’s important that amid the celebration, we also do not shy away from the stark realities of...
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Hot Tips for Effective Virtual Data Collection
This post was originally published on the AEA365 blog in January 2020. Hi! We’re Ghazia Aslam and Sarah Lunsford of EnCompass LLC, with some tips on the “virtues” of virtual data collection. Virtual data collection has many benefits. With this year’s restrictions on...
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EnCompass Retrospective on 2020
EnCompass wishes our partners, clients, and friends a peaceful and joyous 2021. In the video at the bottom of this post, we selected ten stories and resources that we are most proud of developing over the past 12 months. A full list of links is available below; don't...
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EvalYouth Voices: How Ana Erika Lareza Got “Hooked on M&E” and the ELC
In 2020, EnCompass has been honored to provide scholarships enabling Ana Erika Lareza and other EvalYouth members to attend courses at the EnCompass Learning Center (ELC). This partnership with EvalYouth is an important part of our Eval4Action commitments to...
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Our Commitment to Newborn Lives: Adaptable Tools for Global Health Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Last week, I was proud to represent EnCompass and support Save the Children and a global community committed to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) during the Saving Newborn Lives Legacy e-Talks.
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Using a Gender Strategy for Iterative and Adaptive Gender Integration
You’ve completed your project’s gender analysis, but what do you do with the findings? How can you ensure the recommendations will be implemented consistently? How do you hold your staff accountable to ensure gender integration in all project activities? In Ethiopia,...
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There Is No “I” in Evaluate: Four Lessons from EnCompass’ Participatory Evaluation Partnership with USAID
EnCompass is excited to announce its award as a holder of the USAID EVAL ME II IDIQ. This umbrella contract for monitoring and evaluation services allows us to continue our participatory evaluation partnership with USAID—supporting evidence, engagement, and learning...
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Gendered Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives and Responses from Lesotho
I serve as the Senior Gender-Based Violence advisor on the USAID-funded Karabo ea Bhopelo (KB) Activity in Lesotho. Our mandate is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Gender, and my role is to liaise with the Ministry of Gender, and make sure gender and...
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Gendered Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives and Responses from Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to think differently and adapt quickly to a new environment and a new reality. Much of our work culture here relies on in-person communication, rather than online, and there are challenges of connectivity. So, working...
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Gendered Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives and Responses from Uganda
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected my routine and work as the Gender, Adolescent, and Youth Advisor for the new USAID Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Activity (MCHN) in Uganda. I was just settling in, when Uganda reported its first case and instituted a...
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Gendered Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives and Responses from across the African Continent
COVID-19 has changed the way of life for people around the world, at the personal and professional levels. This is salient for those working on issues of gender integration, gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response, social inclusion, and women's...
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COVID-19, Gender Inequality, and Social Exclusion: Where I Enter
I have been thinking a lot about social justice in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent racial injustice here in the United States. As I think about what needs to be done, I am drawn to recollections of what women who look like me have done in the past to...
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Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Programming: Why Evaluation Should Start Now
Ghazia Aslam and Sarah Smith Lunsford co-authored this post. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all aspects of life—for everyone. Strategic and programmatic decisions are occurring, but often with incomplete, evolving, and sometimes inaccurate information. The...
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day: What Does 508 Compliance Look Like?
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we're excited to share a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to support digital accessibility of the information we produce for you, our partners and clients around the world. In this brief video, Communications Specialist...
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