Thank you indeed for your participation in the just concluded discussion on disability inclusion in evaluation. A special thanks to members who shared insights, made comments, or provided useful materials for further reading on the topic and to the EvalForward team for a great coordination always.
From the contributions and discussions, it is evident that the concept of inclusion of people with disability and other marginalized groups in evaluations is important, but still new or rather is given low attention.
Several limitations to inclusion exist, for example, lack of appropriate communication strategy, lack of inclusive tools and appropriate approaches, and limited awareness creation are some of the barriers to widening the inclusion gap. Evaluators ought to bring everyone on board, it is an opportunity to be heard, People with disability should be entitled to every benefit in support of human diversity in society and in the development process, most importantly inclusion needs to go beyond supporting people with disabilities to involving them in the actual practice of evaluations. Disability comes in so many forms and needs different approaches, including in evaluation, requiring capacity building of project/program teams and M&E staff, to better support inclusion of people with disabilities in evaluations.
RE: Disability inclusion in evaluation
Dear EvalForward members,
Thank you indeed for your participation in the just concluded discussion on disability inclusion in evaluation. A special thanks to members who shared insights, made comments, or provided useful materials for further reading on the topic and to the EvalForward team for a great coordination always.
From the contributions and discussions, it is evident that the concept of inclusion of people with disability and other marginalized groups in evaluations is important, but still new or rather is given low attention.
Several limitations to inclusion exist, for example, lack of appropriate communication strategy, lack of inclusive tools and appropriate approaches, and limited awareness creation are some of the barriers to widening the inclusion gap. Evaluators ought to bring everyone on board, it is an opportunity to be heard, People with disability should be entitled to every benefit in support of human diversity in society and in the development process, most importantly inclusion needs to go beyond supporting people with disabilities to involving them in the actual practice of evaluations. Disability comes in so many forms and needs different approaches, including in evaluation, requiring capacity building of project/program teams and M&E staff, to better support inclusion of people with disabilities in evaluations.
Very Best,
Judith