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Working Toward Health Systems Resilience: EnCompass’ Role at the 33rd Ethiopian Public Health Association Annual Scientific Conference
This week marks the 33rd Annual Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) Conference, which took place March 13–15. This year's conference theme was Conflict, Public Health, and Health Systems Resilience. The conference examined the public health consequences of...
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International Women’s Day—Redefining Conventional Business Rules: A Women-owned Company’s Journey
For this year’s celebration of Women’s History Month, we take the opportunity to reflect on the history of EnCompass, a business founded, owned, and led by women. This month, we want to share the way our organization has been working to #BreaktheBias and rewrite...
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Function over form: Applying best-fit evaluation methods to drive learning and action
This piece was originally posted on the American Evaluation Association AEA365 blog website. Hey there, I’m Michael Moses, a Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist at EnCompass LLC. We work with U.S. government agencies, private foundations,...
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Highlighting USAID MCHN’s Efforts to Improve GBV Prevention and Response Service Delivery in Kampala
Introduction The Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Activity is a five-year, USAID-funded program to improve the quality of maternal and child health (MCH) and nutrition through support to the Government of Uganda. As USAID/Uganda’s flagship initiative in...
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Identifying Social Norms to Address Gender-Based Violence in Agriculture and Market Systems Programs
USAID's Feed the Future Advancing Women's Empowerment (AWE) Program enhances gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture programs by providing targeted technical assistance to USAID Missions and implementing partners and the Bureau for Food Security to...
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Increasing Access to Family Planning and Ante-natal Care by Addressing Gender-based Violence and Supporting Men’s Engagement
In the past two decades, Ethiopia has experienced significant improvements in its health system and the health status of its population. Despite these advancements, the population still has limited access to quality reproductive, maternal, and child health services...
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United by Collaboration: EnCompass leads International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Workshop
What makes collaboration successful? How can organizations create lasting social impact through structured collective action and meaningful mentorship? EnCompass staff explored these questions in a workshop for the 2021 U.S. Department of State International Visitor...
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Gender-based Violence Threatens Food Security but Can Be Tackled
This piece was originally published on CGIAR’s Gender Platform News website and authored by Sarah Cole. Click here to read the original article in full. Gender gaps in education, accessing and owning land and formalized banking have been persistent, though increasing...
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Looking Ahead to the #16DaysofActivism Campaign
This week kicks off the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Campaign. Running November 25-December 10, 2021, this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Global 16 Days Campaign. In addition to the 30th anniversary theme, the campaign will...
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EnCompass Team Members Head to AEA’s 2021 Evaluation Conference
EnCompass team members are gearing up for the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Evaluation 2021 virtual conference, occurring November 8–12. The conference theme, “AEA at 35: Meeting the Moment”, encourages evaluators to reflect on ways in which the field can help...
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EvalYouth Voices: Spotlight on Antonina Rishko-Porcescu and Kaleem Ullah
The EnCompass Learning Center (ELC) is committed to strengthening 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 important...
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What It Takes: Planning for Your Next Virtual Conference Session
When USAID’s Center for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene began planning its session for Stockholm World Water Week, it engaged the Global Waters CKM II team at EnCompass to help it design and deliver a session on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic response. The normally...
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Employment Spotlight—Tips for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) Part III: Knowing Your Strengths and Showcasing Your Talents!
This blog series, inspired by our P2P+ employer spotlight session, began with tips for choosing the right opportunities at EnCompass and how to put your best foot forward, and then talked about how to look at the broader market and begin building your network. This...
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Two for One: Expanding Access to Daycare Centers for Working Mothers to Continue Breastfeeding While Staying in Their Career
Many Ethiopian women working in the formal sector face challenges balancing care responsibilities for a newborn and work life. Anecdotal evidence suggests that in the absence of a close family member to support them or the inability to afford a babysitter, many face a...
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Employment Spotlight—Tips for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) Part II: Finding your next opportunity and building your network
This is the second of three blogs in a series inspired by the P2P+ employer spotlight session. The first blog shared tips for how to choose the right opportunities at EnCompass and how to put your best foot forward. This blog will take a step back and look at tactics...
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