Methodological processes and considerations for Gender Based Violence Evaluations

On Friday, 13th June, Dr. Mary Ssonko and Stephen Kyakulumbye shared their experiences and insights into the evaluation of GBV  in Uganda. They discussed issues of evaluation design, evaluation questions, and the lessons learned for more effective GBV programmes.

  • How do we zero down to a representative Sample? When do Men come in?
  • What evaluation design is appropriate?
  • How do we (evaluators) treat the Sensitivity/ethical issues during GBV studies?
  • Terms of reference – participatory evaluation? Who are the stakeholders in the feedback system?
  • Evaluation material-validation?

Worldwide studies suggest that at least 1 in 5 women experiences a violent relationship at some point in their lives and that this can be in any form ranging from physical, emotional, psychological or sexual. Also the Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS 2011) revealed that 16% of women in the reproductive age experience physical violence during pregnancy from their intimate partner and in most cases these violent acts are not reported due to fear of being abused the more and also lack of social protection from the relatives in the extended family. Gender Based Violence has become a major concern for most of the key actors in development in Uganda, and part of the core programmes for NGOs such as ActionAid International Uganda, Oxfam GB, Plan Uganda, Concern World Wide, UWONET, FIDA, Centre for Domestic Violence prevention among others.

Please find the presentation for download here.

 

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