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Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

WhatsApp can be a key project management tool that delivers support to both cost-effective monitoring of implementation and the building of networks and structures. But this is most effective when combined with occasional in-person meetings or visits, to ensure personal relationships are built offline, before they are maintained, sustained, and developed online.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Uganda approach, commitment, dialogue, digital, engagement, impact, interaction, logistics, monitoring, online, participants, participation, project management, remote, social media, tools, virtual

Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

It is incorrect to just assume that what people learn from training will then be applied in practice. There is another step in supporting them to feel confident to start believing and acting on what they now know and this needs to be better captured in project designs, such as through sub-granted small projects, to ensure that outputs contribute to the achievement of outcomes.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Uganda application, approach, capacity, impact, knowledge, micro, motivate, motivation, participants, practical, process, project design, results, steps, training

Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Empowering women when it comes to realizing their rights, not just learning about them, requires the support of men – both in their family and in the community at-large – and they should be brought on board to champion wider societal transformation around gender.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Uganda approach, change, claim, collaborate, community, empowerment, impact, needs, participants, participation, promote, promotion, reform, relationships, women

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Access to online training and engagement activities are limited by financial and logistical obstacles, a challenge sharply accentuated for marginalized groups in rural communities. Such activities should remain in-person where possible, and in scenarios where this is not an option, resources should be set aside to encourage grassroots participation.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa beneficiaries, budget, community, digital, disadvantaged, finance, include, inclusion, inclusive, logistical, motivate, motivation, outputs, participants, planning, regional, remote, seminar, training, virtual, workshop

Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

In-person training conducted through a series of shorter sessions over a period of several months, rather than one training condensed into a short period of time, can improve learning and support the building of connections and networks between participants, which is important to recognize and leverage.

Theme: Rule of law

South Africa beneficiaries, capacity, impact, knowledge, networking, outputs, participants, plan, planning, project design, relationships, results, seminar, sustainable, training, workshop

Project: Preparing Iraqi women as leaders, advocates, participants in the political field
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The NGO internships for women seem to have been only partly successful and needed to be thought through in more detail. A more sophisticated intern programme, with some women interns placed in political institutions such as a female parliamentarian’s office, might have led to improved experiences and outcomes from this component of the project.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Iraq internships, participants

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