ERIC ED473600: Breaking through: Engendering, Monitoring and Evaluation in Adult Education.

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Breaking Through: Engendering, Monitoring and Evaluation in
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*Accountability; Adult Education; *Adult Programs; Community
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Development; Continuing Education; *Educational Assessment;
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Countries; *Gender Issues; Guidelines; International
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Organizations; Organizational Effectiveness; Organizational
Objectives; Outcomes of Education; Philanthropic Foundations;
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ABSTRACT
This document contains 14 papers that were developed for a 5-
day international seminar-workshop at which representatives of multilateral
agencies, governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), women's
organizations, feminist groups, and universities discussed gender issues in
monitoring and evaluation of adult education. The following papers are
included: "Monitoring and Evaluating Women's Educational Programs: Concepts
and Methodological Issues" (Sara Hlupekile Longwe); "Women's Participation in
Adult Education: The IALS (International Adult Literacy Survey) Data" (Sofia
Valdivielso Gomez); "Monitoring Participation in Literacy and Continuing
Education: The Dhaka Ahsania Mission Experience" (Ehsanur Rahman); "The Rene
Moawad Foundation Experience in Lebanon" (Fady Yarak); "The Women in
Enterprise Development (WED) Project: Monitoring and Evaluation
Practices" (Myrna Lim); "An Evaluation of the Victoria Mxenge Housing
Development Association from a Gender Perspective" (Salma Ismail); "The
Mahila Samakhya Experience" (Lakshmi Krishnamurty); "Evaluation in Feminist
Projects" (Beata Fiszer); "Evaluating NGO Work in Education for All from a
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Gender Perspective" (Berewa Jommo); "Women Participation: Bridging the
Gap" (Celita Eccher); "Monitoring Education Programmes in Pacific Island
Countries" (Margaret Chung); and "The Dawn Review of the ICPD (International
Conference on Population and Development) Implementation in the South:
Substantive and Methodological Aspects of Monitoring" (Josefa Francisco). Two
tables examining the links between programs/activities and empowerment
processes and indicators are appended, along with summaries of the
accomplishments of the workshop's three working groups. One paper contains
a
substantial bibliography. (MN)
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BREAKING THROUGH
Engendering Monitoring and Evaluation in Adult Education
EDITED BY CAROLYN MEDEL-A4C)NUEVO
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"Breaking Through: Engendering Monitoring and Evaluation in Adult Education"
is the result of the five-day seminar-workshop "Monitoring and Evaluation from
a
Gender Perspective" held at INNOTECH in the Philippines, March 1999.
Seminar-workshop participants Margaret Chung, Zenaida Domingo,
Celita Eccher, Josefa Francisco, Beata Fiszer, Salma Ismail, Berewa
Jommo,
Lakshmi Krisnamurthy, Myrna Lim, Sara Longwe, Maureen Pagaduan,
Ehsanur Rahman, Roselle Leah Rivera, Sylvia Saca, Meta Amelia
Santos,
Sofia Valdivielso, and Fady Yarak engaged each other critically and with
great
curiosity about the monitoring of adult education programmes and projects.
The staff of INNOTECH not only facilitated our stay in the Philippines but
also created a conducive atmosphere for mutual learning. Colleagues
at UIE from the
Administrative Section, Klaus Peter Humme, Christian Nowara, Christian
Peetz, and Louise Silz lent their support to expedite transactions with the
participants and our funders.
The financial support of the Norwegian government made this meeting and
publication possible. The UNESCO Paris Division of Basic Education through Adama
Duane and Suzanne Schnuttgen supported the participation of
one of the women.
Finally, our warm thanks to Victoria Tinio and Patricia Arinto for their
editorial assistance, to Joanne de Leon for the cover design of this book,
to
Christian Maramara for the layout, and to Peter Nelke for his technical assistance.
Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo
Senior Research Specialist on Women's Education
TABLE OF CONTENTS
v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
5 SARA HLUPEKILE LONGWE
MONITORING AND EVALUATING WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMMES: CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
31 PART 1
PRACTICES IN MONITORING
AND EVALUATING LITERACY
33 SOFIA VALDIVIELSO GOMEZ
WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN ADULT EDUCATION:
THE IALS DATA
43 EHSANUR RAHMAN
MONITORING PARTICIPATION IN LITERACY
AND CONTINUING
EDUCATION: THE DHAKA AHSANIA MISSION EXPERIENCE
57 FADY YARAK
THE RENE MOAWAD FOUNDATION EXPERIENCE
IN LEBANON
67 MYRNA LIM
THE WOMEN IN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT (WED) PROJECT:
MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES
83 PART 2
GOING BEYOND QUANTITATIVE MEASURES
85
SALMA ISMAIL
AN EVALUATION OF THE VICTORIA MXENGE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
105
LAKSHMI KRISHNAMURTY
THE MAHILA SAMAKHYA EXPERIENCE
127
BEATA FISZER
EVALUATION IN FEMINIST PROJECTS
135 PART 3
MONITORING INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS
137
BEREWA JOMMO
EVALUATING NGO WORK IN EDUCATION FOR ALL
FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
141
CELITA ECCHER
WOMEN PARTICIPATION:
BRIDGING THE GAP
MARGARET CHUNG
151
MONITORING EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
COUNTRIES
IN PACIFIC ISLAND
157
JOSEFA FRANCISCO
IMPLEMENTATION
THE DAWN REVIEW OF THE ICPD
SUBSTANTIVE AND METHODOLOGICAL
IN THE SOUTH:
ASPECTS OF MONITORING
163 APPENDIX
INTRODUCTION
Adult education, gender, and monitoring and evaluation are three separate areas
that have undergone redefinition and reconceptualisation in the last ten years. Adult
education, which is commonly associated with literacy, basic education, and vocational
and technical education, now encompasses, among other things, health education,
leadership training, and conflict resolution seminars offered by diverse providers, from
the state, the corporate world, academe, and NGOs to people's organisations. Gender, a
seemingly neutral concept which refers to the social construction of the sexes, is now a
critical topic in development discourses where gender analyses, gender trainings, and
gender mainstreaming are considered necessary inputs, processes and outputs for
societal transformation. Meanwhile the gurus of quantitative monitoring and evaluation
are witnessing a decline in their popularity, as organisations and individuals acknowledge
that using both quantitative and qualitative methods render a more nuanced picture of
reality. One of the consequences of these changes is the rapid growth and innovation in
these different areas.
The UIE-organized international seminar on "Monitoring and Evaluation of Adult
Education from a Gender Perspective" held in March 1999 was therefore quite ambitious,
as it sought to bring all these three elements together. Finding the participants for this
seminar was the first challenge. Very few people would dare claim that their practices in
fact involve these three. Yet the seminar was able to bring together women and men from
diverse spaces such as the UN and multilateral agencies, governments, NGOs, women's
organisations, feminist groups, and universities. And at the end of the day, we were able
to agree on some premises.
As gender is one of the more fashionable development concepts, it has been used
quite loosely in different circles, blunting its potentialities in the process. The most common
example is how gender is used as a synonym for women. When one mentions programs from
a gender perspective, the first association is with women's programs. It is easy to say that the
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