Gender and Human Rights
EnCompass gender-based violence specialists have been thought leaders and technical advisors in gender-based violence and HIV, including serving on a UN Working Group on Gender-Based Violence in Vietnam.
We currently provide technical assistance and capacity-building services to organizations working in support of gender equality and human rights. Our work focuses primarily on programs, tools, and processes that support women and other marginalized groups to have a stronger voice, access information, and contribute and inform positive change by actively participating in processes and decisions that affect their lives.
Our work in support of gender equality includes design and facilitation of training curricula on gender and development and gender analysis for various agencies, including the United Nations and the World Bank Institute, that instills a gender-sensitive perspective and increases awareness of gender roles and relations at the personal and institutional levels.
Featured Project
International Women’s Media Foundation, Women in Agriculture, Evaluation Partner (2009-2011)
EnCompass is the evaluation partner for this initiative that promotes increased, high-quality reporting on agriculture and rural development and gender equity in African newsrooms. Evaluation activities include: facilitating evaluation capacity-building sessions; developing evaluation plans for the duration of the project; and assessing effectiveness of in-house training activities, coverage of agriculture and women in selected media organizations in Africa, and the overall coordination and management of the project.