1. The methodological approach to measure shifts in power in favour of women in ActionAid’s programmes
Francesca D’Emidio – ActionAid
Liisa Kytola – ActionAid
Eva Otero – Leitmotiv Social Consultants
May 2017

2. Contents Context: Why did we do it? Aim of the work
Process of the evaluation
Methodological principles
Tools for data collection
Challenges
Conclusions

3. ActionAid’s new strategy ‘Action for Global Justice’
Shifts in power
Visible, hidden and invisible power
Measurement of change
Learning
Contextualizing the strategy

4. 2016: getting ready for the new strategy
The key questions
What shifts in power are we working on and achieving?
What does the change look like?
How can we measure it in a practical and functional way?
The initiatives
Evaluation on shifts in power in Cambodia and Rwanda
Toolkit to measure shifts in power
Meta-review about shifts in power
Evaluation on shifts in power in Guatemala
Recomendation for the implementation of the new strategy
Integration in programme design and implementation

5. Key questions
To what extent has power shifted in favour of women as a result of our work on livelihoods and access and control over natural resources (NR) and of our work on women’s rights (WR) as a standalone?
Livelihoods and NR: to what extent have we contributed to shifting power in favour of women in our work on livelihoods and NR?
WRs: to what extent have we contributed to shifting power in favour of women in our work on GBV and economic justice?
How do we measure the change in shifts in power?

6. The evaluation process
Step 1
ActionAid National Office - Introduction
ActionAid National Office – Theory of Change
Step 2
Partner organization – Theory of Change and preparations
Step 3
Leaders – Changes in their lives
Leaders – Preparation for the facilitation
Step 4
Leaders and groups – What has changed in each community
Leaders and groups – How the change happened
Step 5
Leaders – Thinkshop – analysing the change
Step 6
Other actors – Triangulation
Discussion on the prelominary findings with the partner
Discussion on the prelominary findings with ActionAid National Office

7. Methodological Principles
Participation, Participation, Participation!
Learning exercise
Evaluation team external-internal
Data collection
Translation where appropriate
Documentation
Analysis with leaders and team
Flexibility
Use of tools to focus the discussion

8. Key focus of the evaluation
The changes in the lives of women
Changes at different levels (personal, household, community, regional, national)
Shifts in power: visible, invisible, individual y colective
The changes in ActionAid, the partner and other relevant actors
The factors that contributed to the change
The contribution of ActionAid and the partner
Linkages between the different power dimensions and the factors influencing these

9. Methodology

10. Social values and norms
Methodology
Visible
Invisible
Individual
Collective
WITHIN TO
OVER
WITH
Control over income
Access to services
Policy Influence
Legal Frameworks
Social values and norms
Knowledge, capacity, skills
Confidence and self-esteem

11. Tools – Community Maps
Identifying spaces of power in the community

12. Tools – Power Tree
Indentifying the expressions of power

13. Identifying how the change happened
Tools – Timelines
Identifying how the change happened

14. Challenges Lost in translation ‘what is power?’ Note taking
Mapping of power structures
Choreography – management of multiple processes
The structure of the evaluation
Inception trip – prep work
Dissemination of the findings
Overstating ActionAid’s contribution
Understanding how the change happened
Interviews and engaging other actors
Cultural context

15. Conclusions Learning Programme learning
Learning about the evaluation approach
Team work
Contextualizing
Documentation
Analysis and interpretation of the information

16. Thanks!