Contribution of ICTs to the Rejection of Female Genital Mutilation in Francophone West Africa
Uses
New strategies (FGM)
- Youth actions (ICTs)
- Policy decisions
- Replicability (areas of)
Users
Youth Associations
- Parliamentarians
- Researchers
Evaluation Questions
- To What extent has the project contributed to the change of knowledge and attitude amongst young people
- To what extent has the project contributed to reducing obstacles that would prevent the implementation of the research recommendations
- What other major areas of research should the project pursue to reinforce its fundamental aim
Methodology
For Q1: OM
For Q2: Experts and GEM
For Q3: Speculation experts
Rationale
For Q1: looking at changes in behaviour, identify change markers
For Q2: Not a change related question, it is more about exploring issues
For Q3: Not about change, it is looking at exploring new areas
Next steps
- Planning is already in process: ongoing data gathering, planning sensitisation of actors, implementation should start in May
- Local research methodology workshops for local organisations
- Peer review of national reports
- Regional symposium (data gathering opportunities)
- Evaluation methodology workshop
- Online evaluation
- Community meetings for feedback
- Dissemination of the results of the evaluation
- Share the difficulties and learning from evaluation conducted during the project
- Could be done online
Buzz Group – OM
1) General aspects that you find appealing:
- Boundary partners
- Les attents sont placees au leur droit
2) General aspects you find challenging or that are not yet clear:
- Outcome journal
- Ajustement n’est pas evaluation
3) Pressing questions or comments in relation to if / how the approach may be practically applied in your project context:
N/A
Buzz Group – MSC
1) General aspects that you find appealing:
- Not coming in with an agenda
- Looking at the boundaries slowly
- Story telling
2) General aspects you find challenging or that are not yet clear:
- Number of times use story telling
- How to use it with other methods
3) Pressing questions or comments in relation to if / how the approach may be practically applied in your project context:
- Asking the youth in the project about what was the most important thing
- What happened in the project – Interviewing techniques need training
Buzz Group – GEM
1) General aspects that you find appealing:
- Developing gender indicator
- Integrating GEM into other evaluation
- Doing the gender analysis
2) General aspects you find challenging or that are not yet clear:
- The approach is not clear
- How to do it ?
3) Pressing questions or comments in relation to if / how the approach may be practically applied in your project context:
- Defining the role of male and female within project
- Better defining the role of male especially
