How to make your evaluations more child-focused: A critical review of 3 innovative methods
UNICEF WCARO child-focused evaluation webinar series
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6 October 2022 | 8:30-10:00am EDT | 12:30-2:00pm GMT
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Most evaluations have been conducted “ON” children for decades, meaning that children have been treated as “evaluation objects” and therefore assessed through a desk review or secondary data analysis. Similarly, many other evaluations have “CONCERNED” children, whereby adult respondents (e.g., parents, teachers, etc.) have spoken about children’s issues on their behalf. The time has finally come for evaluators to undertake in evaluations collaboration “WITH” children, meaning that children – ethical clearance allowing- should be asked directly about issues affecting them. The three panelists, winners of the UNICEF WCARO/AfrEA Child-Focused Evaluation competition launched in 2021, will share a few methodological approaches that allowed them to better capture children’s and youth voices in the course of their recent evaluations in Mali, Tanzania and Bangladesh.
