LESSON
Lesson Learned: Increasing Women’s Participation in Politics and Decision Making in Angola
The project had difficulty executing other activities (baseline, monitoring, and impact assessment). An adequate strategy for outcome and impact monitoring was not designed. The grantee had many training initiatives but their focus seemed to be the execution of activities, with not enough attention paid to achieving strategically planned behavioral changes.
Project Partner
Rede Mulher Angola
Project Description
Increasing Women’s Participation in Politics and Decision Making in Angola targeted the women’s organizations of Angola’s political parties and other platforms that work to promote the political empowerment of women. Participants found the issues addressed by the project interesting and appreciated the participatory methodology, which encouraged interaction among people who in many cases were from different political parties, enabling them to get to know one another. However, the decline of the grantee’s institutional capacity substantially lessened the project’s potential impact.
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