Objective of Assignment:

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Final Evaluation for the Joint Financing Agreement (JFA III) that included the sub-program to promote the strengthening of gender equality and women’s empowerment within the context of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in the Gender and Women Empowerment Division. Document review and interviews were conducted, and final report written.

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Role of ICED:

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ICED assessed the project’s performance and provided recommendations for the future, covering all components and target countries, and determined performance across seven key areas.

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ICED Approach:

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The evaluation methodology was a mixed method approach to address the evaluation questions. The evaluation utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected from interviews and interactions with the target groups qualitative in-person and telephone key informant interviews; various focus group sessions; and direct observations.

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Quantitative web-based surveys were sent out to other beneficiaries of the program in member countries that the evaluation visit was possible.

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