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WORKSHEET 2 PROJECT PROFILE

After completing ACTIVITY 2.1 AND 2.2 proceed to the first step of your evaluation – filling out a profile of your project.

As an example for this activity, read the profile of a project evaluated by Isis-WICCE in Uganda. Note the column “Gender and ICT Issues to be Addressed in the Evaluation,” the topic discussed in ACTIVITY 2.1 AND 2.2. (Read the full summary of all GEM testers at http://www.apcwomen.org/ gem/practitioners/reports.shtm)

Name of Initiative: Rural Women’s Information Unit

Objectives of the Project

To enable women leaders to have access to information to enhance their ability to empower women in their communities

To give women leaders a central space to meet, exchange ideas and share experiences

To instil a culture of reading amongst women

Expected Outcomes

 

That the targeted group will have an opportunity to access relevant information for empowerment

That women leaders will be able to form networks with women in other parts of the country and internationally

That women leaders will be able to lobby for policies and decision-makers to address discriminatory laws and policies

That women in the community will be aware and able to demand for their rights (for instance, in cases of domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, the girl-child, etc.)

Project Components and Activities

 

Accessing information (via provision of a space for reading)

Drama

Video shows

Sensitisation meetings/seminars

Marketing products made by women

Intended Users

 

Women leaders in the community

Project implementers

Intended Use

 

To document best practices of women leaders in using ICTs

To identify areas for strengthening the capability of women leaders through the use of ICTs

Gender and ICT issues to be addressed in the evaluation

 

Availability and accessibility of ICTs to women leaders

Usefulness of the available ICTs to women’s day-to-day activities

Ability and capacity of women leaders to utilise ICTs

You may use the sample table to complete a profile of your project, drawing out specific gender and ICT issues by paying attention to analysis of situation, policy imperatives and identification of problems.

Name of Initiative

Objectives of the project

 

Expected outcomes

 

Project components and activities

 

Intended users

 

Intended use

 

Gender and ICT issues to be addressed in the evaluation