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How to Validate Indicators using RADIQUAL Approaches
Validating indicators is essential to ensure thorough data collection and analysis and to maintain the high quality of your work. However, traditional approaches don’t capture the nuance and complexity of different social, economic, and cultural contexts. Here are some ideas using participatory, decolonial, intersectional, and inclusive approaches that can still enhance the relevance and effectiveness…
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Guide: Building the Foundation for a JEDI+ Culture
A simple guide that can help you think through the main steps in building a strong foundation for DEI work.
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Guide: Decentre Yourself in Research
Following on from last month, I prepared this guide to help you think through ideas to mitigate the biases and limitations identified when preparing your positionality statements. As with that guide, these include question prompts that can guide reflections around solutions, which you can add to the positionality statements, use as a conversation guide with…
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Types of Evaluation
There are many types of evaluation and I wanted to write this as a summary of what they are and when you would use each. I have used the example of a girls’ education programme to explore how each would look and why you would choose it. You can refer to this when contracting an…
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How to: Merit, Worth, and Significance Analysis during Implementation
During your project’s implementation, how often do we regularly take stock of whether we’re on track and what remains? Use this analysis to support you.
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Guide: Positionality Statements
Use this guide to help you create positionality statements, to add to your research and possibly share widely if you would like to start conversations around power and positionality. It can be a great tool to share your story with communities and be vulnerable. These are also critical conversations to have, and you may notice…
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Scenario Planning: A Guide
How to adapt, respond, and be adaptive to new scenarios – like global pandemics or crises.
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Using Critical Cultural Competence in PMEL
How to apply critical cultural competence techniques, which help you better understand cultural differences, to deepen your work in PMEL.
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What is a Theory of Change – and what could it be?
I use this distinction in my Theory of Change workshops to get a common foundation of what a Theory of Change can be used for – and what it should be. Use it as a checklist to make sure your ToC is measuring up – and if not, get in touch. We can build a…
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Making your website more accessible
Some reflections on making your website more accessible to different people.
