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The ideal monitoring & evaluation specialist: A character sketch

The ideal monitoring & evaluation specialist: A character sketch

over 15 years ago // Career Advice

<p>Which skills should an international development monitoring &amp; evaluation specialist possess? Anju Malhotra, International Center for Research on Women vice-president for research innovation and impact, explains.</p>

Norwegian minister: Development without gender is ‘bad economics’

Norwegian minister: Development without gender is ‘bad economics’

over 15 years ago // Exclusive Interview

Cultures can be changed, cultures are not static,” says Audun Lysbakken, Norway’s first male Minister for Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, about his mission to push women’s rights in the developing world.

UNIFEM chief Ines Alberdi discusses new UN gender entity

UNIFEM chief Ines Alberdi discusses new UN gender entity

over 15 years ago // Exclusive Interview

Ines Alberdi, executive director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, discusses ongoing efforts to pool U.N. efforts to promote gender and development by creating a new gender entity.

USAID intensifies search for technical experts

USAID intensifies search for technical experts

over 15 years ago // Career Advice

<p>Thinking of applying to the U.S. Agency for International Development&rsquo;s Development Leadership Initiative and Foreign Service Limited programs? Expect an intense recruitment process.</p>

Global Fund for Women CEO shares funding tips

Global Fund for Women CEO shares funding tips

almost 16 years ago

Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, talks with Devex about cross-sectoral partnerships and exciting new initiatives on peace and security. Ramdas also sheds light on the funding priorities and unusual grant-making procedures of the world&#8217;s largest grant-making foundation focusing on women&#8217;s rights.

A Pioneer African Grant-Maker, and a Woman

A Pioneer African Grant-Maker, and a Woman

almost 16 years ago

A decade after co-founding the first Africa-wide grant-making agency, Bisi Abeleye-Fayemi reflects on funding trends and gender and development milestones. Access to capital remains a problem, the African Women’s Development Fund’s executive director says.