Enhancing climate services design and implementation through gender-responsive evaluation

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cg.contributor.affiliationClark Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Research Institute for Climate and Societyen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAccelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Researchen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWomen in Global Science and Technologyen_US
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.contributor.donorWorld Banken_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJames Hansen: 0000-0002-8599-7895en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.908602en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2624-9553en_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Climateen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen_US
cg.volume4en_US
dc.contributor.authorGumucio, Tatianaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorCarr, Edward R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHuyer, Sophiaen_US
dc.contributor.authorChiputwa, Brianen_US
dc.contributor.authorSimelton, Elisabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorPartey, Samuel T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSchwager, Sarojaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-07T13:21:55Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-01-07T13:21:55Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/126674en_US
dc.titleEnhancing climate services design and implementation through gender-responsive evaluationen_US
dcterms.abstractAssessing and responding to gender inequalities, and promoting women's empowerment, can be critical to achieving the goals of climate services, such as improved climate resilience, productivity, food security and livelihoods. To this end, our paper seeks to provide guidance to rural climate service researchers, implementing organizations, and funders on gender-responsive evaluation of climate services, including key questions to be asked and appropriate methodology. We draw on case studies of rural climate services in Mali, Rwanda and Southeast Asia to illustrate how gender-responsive evaluations have framed and attempted to answer questions about climate information needs, access to information and support through group processes, and contribution of climate services to empowerment. Evaluation of how group participatory processes can enable women's and men's demand for weather and climate information can help close knowledge gaps on gender equity in access to climate services. Quantitative methods can rigorously identify changes in demand associated with varying interventions, but qualitative approaches may be necessary to help assess the nuances of participatory communication processes. Furthermore, evaluation of how women's and men's information needs differ according to their roles and responsibilities in distinct climate-sensitive decisions can help assess gender inequities in climate services use. Evaluation that critically considers the local normative and institutional environment influencing empowerment can help identify pathways for climate services to contribute to women's empowerment. Qualitative and mixed method methodologies can be helpful for assessing the normative and institutional changes upon which empowerment depends. Although evaluations are often conducted too late to inform the design of time-bound projects, they can contribute to improvements to climate services if results are shared widely, if implementers and funders consistently factor evidence and insights from prior evaluations into the design of new initiatives, and if ongoing climate service initiatives conduct preliminary evaluations regularly to support mid-course adjustments.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2022-09-16en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGumucio T, Hansen J, Carr ER, Huyer S, Chiputwa B, Simelton E, Partey S and Schwager S (2022) Enhancing climate services design and implementation through gender-responsive evaluation. Front. Clim. 4:908602.en_US
dcterms.issued2022-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectpollutionen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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