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Roundtable

Feminist Issues in Evaluation

Uplifting Voices: Integrating Feminist Systems Change in Evaluation Practice

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Thursday, October 24, 2024
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST
Location: Portland Ballroom 256
Abstract Information: The session will focus on supporting evaluation practitioners to engage movement actors and expand their strategies to incorporate feminist systems change in evaluation. While there is a growing consensus that social justice work must deeply understand the structures, policies, and relationships that underpin intractable challenges, efforts toward systems change have often remained academic or focused solely on service provision. We propose that practical and effective systems change requires creating space for movement-led and movement-defined concepts of systems, as well as integrating a feminist power and justice lens in evaluation. Furthermore, there is a need to strengthen systems change practice by better integrating a feminist power and justice lens in evaluation. Through deep exploration, dialogue, and collaborative ideation, participants will develop a common language and conceptual framework to enhance their understanding of feminist systems change and participatory evaluation practices. By the end of the session, we will have collectively developed common language and conceptual frameworks to improve participants' understanding of feminist systems change and evaluation as practical to movements. Join us in this important conversation as we merge gender justice movements' experiences with systemic change efforts, paving the way for a more inclusive and impactful evaluation practice.