Reimaging Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) through a feminist spectrum

Global Webinar Jul 2025 As efforts to decolonize development and centre local knowledge grow, so too has interest in reshaping how we learn and measure change. Since 2020, gender equality specialists Anna Du Vent, Elaine Stavnitzky, and Jenn Donville have been co-developing a feminist MEAL spectrum — a practical tool to help organizations reflect on and strengthen their feminist and gender transformative approaches to monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) in international development and humanitarian aid projects. Refined through years of collaboration with colleagues across organizations like Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Québec, Oxfam International, Plan International Canada, and CanWaCH, this spectrum is grounded in real-world experience and evolving practice. In this learning session held 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘 23, 2025 we: 🔹 Introduced a feminist MEAL spectrum🌈 🔹Presented the tool we drafted🛠️ 🔹Shared how it has being used in practice 📣 This is for anyone applying feminist, gender transformative, or community-centered approaches in MEAL. We invite your insights, feedback, and stories 🙋 — let’s learn and grow together. 🌱