Development Blog
A systemic approach to working with the private sector on Women’s Economic Empowerment – where should we set the boundaries?
By Gianluca Nardi 17th May 2017
My colleagues and I have spent a considerable share of our time during the past few months in discussions with our private sector partners, figuring out a common ground to work together on women’s economic empowerment (WEE). It can be…
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A woman cocoa farmer in Cote d'Ivoire
The role of evidence in programme quality: a cross-functional ally for adaptive management
By Nicola Giordano 15th May 2017
One of the biggest challenges in achieving programme quality is to link Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems to project management practices. Here are some proven ways to achieve this at project design, baseline, implementation and endline stages.
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A meeting with the target group of a climate change adaptation project in Chhattisgarh, India
As the international community gathers for the London Somalia Conference, the role of women in determining the country’s future is high on the agenda. So what are Somali women saying about women’s political participation in their country?
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Deqa Salad, founder of the Hear Women Organisation
Four years have passed since Rana Plaza collapsed, but are workers any safer? The short answer is yes, but there is still a lot of work to do to make sure their working conditions are truly safe and to ensure…
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Fiedowshi works in the inspection section at a garment factory in Bangladesh
The number of women in the world who still lack access to formal financial services stands at 1 billion. While this figure is going down, the discrimination that women face compared to men, in terms of their access to and…
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A woman member of a savings group in Kenya
By choosing to spend two minutes reading this article, you stand with the many millions of others around the world who are choosing not just to ‘make a difference’ for women’s economic empowerment, but who are choosing, in fact, to…
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Maria Daffodil Arrante expanded her market stall business in the Philippines with a loan from Lendwithcare.org
