Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project for the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative
The Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, a multi-country program targeting the urban poor, develops cost-effective integrated family planning interventions to improve reproductive health outcomes. The Initiative links country-level consortia with evaluation experts on the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation project to build a robust evidence and knowledge base that will shape future urban family planning/reproductive health policies and programs.
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This video introduces the MLE Project with insight and perspectives from the Gates Foundation and MLE partners in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and India. These experts explain why investing in reproductive health is essential, and describe the unique challenges faced by the urban poor and how the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative will address these issues. |
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Meeting the Needs of Nigeria's Poor Women |
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Publications
Multidimensional Poverty Index The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) has developed a new international measure of poverty – the Multidimensional Poverty Index or MPI. The new innovative index goes beyond a traditional focus on income to reflect the multiple deprivations that a poor person faces with respect to education, health and living standard. The report includes analyses of global multidimensional poverty across 104 developing countries, including India, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal.
Insecurity and Indignity: Women's experiences in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya This report demonstrates that lack of access to toilets and private bathing areas in the immediate vicinity of the home puts women in slums of Nairobi at risk of gender-based violence and undermines their dignity and health. Nairobi's informal settlements have been excluded from public services such as water, sanitation and adequate policing.
Findings of Safe Delhi Baseline Survey Women in Delhi, India feel unsafe in many public spaces, and at all times - day and night. Cutting across class and profession, they face continuous and different forms of sexual harassment in crowded as well as secluded places, including public transport, markets, roads, public toilets and parks. A baseline survey was conducted to identify factors that create greater safety and inclusion for women in public spaces around the city. |
Upcoming EventsWHO Guidance Global Discussion Forum WHO would like you to join a 2 week virtual discussion forum designed to provide an opportunity for people to share their ideas, experience and opinions about the type of evidence-based guidance WHO should produce to support the reduction of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Register online through the IBP Knowledge Gateway. Impact Evaluation Training and Conference Researchers, NGOs, consulting companies and policy makers in the Netherlands will acquire an overview of cutting edge techniques, their policy uses and practical skills for impact evaluation and apply these to their own project work. Participants will work in teams on the "hands-on" design of an impact evaluation and implementation plans for their project. The Global Evaluation Conclave 2010: Making Evaluation Matter This event will bring together sector experts, leading practitioners, thought leaders and development professionals from across the globe to examine the broader issues of evaluation use and questions, and the ways the experimenting evaluation community is, or should begin, addressing those questions through methodological innovation. |
