GENDER
Our work in the area of gender has spanned many years and is grounded in a commitment to applying a gender lens across all areas of our programming. We include gender analysis as a cross-cutting principle and work to ensure inclusion, representation, and sensitivity in all activities. Our gender-focused work has included gender-sensitive research, evaluation, training, and communication strategy. We have supported programmes on gender-based violence, masculinities, and improved relationships between genders through SBC (social and behaviour change) and social norms approaches.
Services
Strategy: We contribute to the development of communication strategies that integrate gender, GBV prevention, and inclusive engagement approaches.
Research: We deliver field-based and desk research that incorporates gender-sensitive analysis and documentation.
Evaluation: We conduct evaluations with a focus on gender and its implications for programme effectiveness and accountability.
Capacity: We provide training and facilitation on gender in SBC, social norms, and protection contexts.
Knowledge Management: We package learning products and strategic documentation to support institutional understanding of gender dynamics.
Creative Production: We support the development of communication tools and materials that include a gender lens, voice equity, and inclusive messaging.
Our Experience
We are experienced in delivering gender-responsive research, training, and communication initiatives that address structural inequality and promote positive gender relations. Our work with organisations including UNICEF, AWID, and Winrock International spans contexts of peacebuilding, displacement, health, education, and protection. We can demonstrate the integration of gender into SBC, social norms, and digital strategies across country and regional programmes.
Projects & Consultancies
Our past work in the gender area includes:
Social and Behaviour Change Training – Gender Integration, Multiple Countries and Regional – Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia (2017–2025): We are delivering SBC training at country and regional levels with gender as an integral component. The training emphasises the role of gender within social and behaviour change approaches and social norms analysis, including examination of gender norms, power relations, and behaviours influencing participation, protection, and access.
UNICEF Botswana – SBC Landscape Study, UNICEF Botswana (2023): Provision of national social and behaviour change landscape analysis, including field research with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education. The research included analysis of gender and the position of girls and young women in society, male behaviours, and social support structures for young mothers.
Safe Migration Training – SBC and Gender, Winrock International – Central Asia (2023): Delivery of training for Winrock International’s NGO partners across Central Asia as part of the Safe Migration in Central Asia (SMICA) Programme. The training, conducted in Russian and English, focused on social and behaviour change communication for safe migration, with attention to trafficking in persons, labour and sexual exploitation. The assignment included engagement with NGOs working with women affected by trafficking and exploitation.
UNICEF Nigeria – Social Norms and Child Protection, UNICEF Nigeria (2018): Training of trainers on social norms and child protection, with a focus on social norms and violence, including gender-based violence. The assignment included research and needs assessment, and the production of a facilitators guide, participant handbook, and social norms playing cards. The training was delivered at federal, state and local levels.
AWID – Evaluation and Communications Advisory, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID): Evaluation of AWID’s Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms programme. AWID is an international feminist organisation working to support women’s rights movements globally. The consultancy included a review of the programme’s research uptake strategy and development of a new communication strategy.
UNICEF Kosovo – Gender-Based Violence, UNICEF Kosovo (2015): Development of training for municipalities across Kosovo to address gender-based violence using social and behaviour change strategies. The assignment included development of municipal-level communication campaigns against GBV, focused on prevention and public awareness.
