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HUMAN RIGHTS AND M(&)E Lessons from The Center for Evaluation Innovation’s Case Studies on Evaluation in Human Rights Organizations Meeting of the Security, Rights and Development Roundtable Measuring Impact in Implementation April 21, 2014 Rhonda Schlangen Independent evaluation consultant

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HUMAN RIGHTS AND M(&)E

Lessons from The Center for Evaluation Innovation’s

Case Studies on Evaluation in Human Rights Organizations

Meeting of the Security, Rights and Development Roundtable

Measuring Impact in ImplementationApril 21, 2014

Rhonda SchlangenIndependent evaluation consultant

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THE AGE OF MEASUREMENT

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M & E AND HUMAN RIGHTS WORK

• Barriers

• Complexity

• What’s working

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HUMAN RIGHTS WORK

Rule of law

Migrant rights

Military conflict

Legal defenseGender rights

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I spent eight years defending political

prisoners.There was no hope of their release. I lost every case. What was my impact? Zero. Should I have done it? I haven’t found one person who says ‘no’.

DIFFERENT

Long-term

TIMEFRAME

Short-term

Tangible MEASURABILITY Less tangible

Disease eradication

Health services

Human rights

Policy change

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CampaigningEducation

change strategies, time and measurability

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CAUSAL CHAIN

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REALITY?

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WHAT HAPPENED?

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WHAT’S WORKING

• 1. Develop a robust worldview

• 2. Do the simple things right

• 3. Distill meaningfully

• 4. Horses for courses• 5. Add to the innovation ‘to do’

list

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M & E AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• Barriers

• Complexity

• What’s working

THANK YOU!

Case studies

www.evaluationinnovation.org

Rhonda Schlangen

[email protected]

www.rhondaschlangen.com