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We make all of CARE’s evaluation and research reports available for public access in accordance with our Accountability Policy. These are available at our Evaluation Library.

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Evaluations/Research

How Can Approaches that Achieve Gender Equality Help Advance all the SDGs: Impact Evaluations Evidence from CARE Programs

July 26, 2024

Approaches that achieve gender equality, that move beyond the individual level to address greater interpersonal, socio-cultural, and community factors that influence gender attitudes and behaviors, have been shown by rigorous impact evaluations to be impactful in promoting gender-equitable attitudes (e.g., SASA! Program in Uganda), reducing gender-based violence (e.g., Stepping Stones and Creating Futures program in South Africa), and decreasing social acceptance of intimate partner violence (e.g., RESPECT program in Tanzania). Read the report to find out more.

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Sugu Yiriwa Learning Brief on Multi-Stakeholder Platforms: a sustainable solution for creating inclusive, competitive, and profitable market opportunities

July 24, 2024

In 2021, Feed the Future Sugu Yiriwa, together with the regional technical services and market actors set up two Multi-Stakeholder Platforms – one in Mopti and one in Tombouctou, with approximately 67 members (including 38 women) each. In addition, in 2023, Feed the Future Sugu Yiriwa supported the creation of a local branch, called the Local Unions of Market Actors (ULAM), which function under the umbrella of the Multi-Stakeholder Platforms, with approximately 33 members (including 11 women) each. The learning brief explores how these platforms are increasingly more at the forefront of all marketing trade events to foster sustainable market linkages between different value chain actors, negotiate contracts, and access financial services to create inclusive and profitable market opportunities for small-scale farmers and businesses.

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Policy Papers

Women are the Early Warning: Food Insecurity and Gender in the Dry Corridor of Honduras

July 23, 2024

It’s often said that women eat last and least. But all too often we lack the timely and actionable data we need to close the gender hunger gap. To remedy this, CARE in Honduras combined the global standards of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and our Rapid Gender Analysis toolkit to demonstrate the potential of a gender-responsive early warning system.

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Evaluations/Research

Starving for Equality

July 22, 2024

Two numbers set the frame for the food security situation in the world today. 282 million people are very hungry in the world (acutely food insecure). 84.2 million more women and girls are hungry than men and boys. Food insecurity is a huge global problem, and it’s highly unequal. The Starving for Equality research shows how gender inequality isn’t just a woman’s problem; it’s also bad for men and boys. The research also shows that inequality makes men and boys hungrier, too.

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Lessons Learned

Rupantaran: Gender Equality through VSLAs in Nepal

July 15, 2024

The Rupantaran project builds on a decade of work with landless and smallholder farmers in rural Nepal to increase resilience and improve their livelihoods. Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) were added to the Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS) model as a key way to challenge social norms around women’s participation and decision making, explore opportunities and promote economic empowerment.

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Tools

Power Within Competency Framework for Adolescents and Youth

July 15, 2024

This Power Within competency framework builds on 15+ years of CARE’s program design, implementation, and research with young people. Not only has the focus on leadership and life skills proven to be a popular inclusion in our work, but its inclusion is also a multiplier of impact. The more we see young people building these competencies, the more engaged they become in making informed decisions about their futures. Power Within (PW) is a competency framework which supports young people’s (ages 10-24) development by building life skills that help them deal with the challenges and demands of their daily lives. The model contains three primary competency domains: strong self-image, strong mind, and strong voice. The competencies are transferable, which means that they can be applied in many situations, and they can be practiced throughout program activities in most, if not all, of CARE’s direct work with adolescents and youth. This document begins with background on the model, including its origins in 2008, evidence of its impact, and influences guiding this update and refresh of the model. The PW framework and theory of change are presented, providing guidance for project and program development which include these PW competencies. Following this, there are three sections, one for each domain. Included in each section is an overview of each domain, and in-depth definitions for each of the PW competencies. There are also examples of what the application of each competency can look like, so that progress can be better understood. In addition to sections on each of the three domains, there is also a section on the foundational component of ‘wellbeing’, outlining the reasons for its inclusion, and what it means when it is successfully included. Finally, as with all programming, especially programming with young people, there is a duty to ensure safer programming. In other words, what are the actions and precautions that can be put in place proactively to minimize risk to those who participate.

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Tools

Power Within Activity Toolkit for Adolescents and Youth

July 15, 2024

This Power Within activity toolkit builds on decades of CARE’s program design, implementation, and research with young people. It is intended to be used together with the 2024 Power Within Competency Framework for Adolescents and Youth. Power Within (PW) builds critical competencies for adolescents and youth (10-24 years old), giving them internal resources to inform their decisions and transitions as they grow from children into young adults. The model contains three competency domains - strong self-image, strong mind, and strong voice. - with sequenced competencies and a fourth, foundational domain of well-being. The competencies included are transferable, which means that they can be applied in many situations, and they can be practiced throughout program activities in most, if not all, of CARE’s direct work with this impact group. This toolkit can be used as a resource for those designing and implementing programs for adolescents and young adults aged 10-24. It offers a menu of activities for developing the competencies in CARE’s competency model. The set of activities here may be borrowed and adapted to the needs of participant groups, the contexts in which they live, and the topical focus of a particular program. For example, planning activities for adolescents 10-14 years old, and planning activities for youth 20-24 years old will require different approaches and activities. This toolkit provides sample activities that may be adapted to fit the profiles of the young people who are participating in activities. It is not a curriculum or a program guide but may be used to assist the development or adaptation of those materials.

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