[afro-nets] Participatory Impact Monitoring through Action Research

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

Participatory Impact Monitoring through Action Research
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Lessons from the Generation Dialogue and Training for Uncircum-
cised Girls in Guinea
 
By Gabi Gahn and Emanuela Finke
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
Supra-regional project Promotion of Initiatives to end Female 
Genital Mutilation (FGM), July 2005
 
Adobe PDF file (15 pp. 255 kB) - English Version:
http://afronets.org/pubview.php/111/
 
French Version:
http://afronets.org/pubview.php/112/
 
Action research is an instrument that is well-suited to situa-
tions where there is a desire to simultaneously achieve change 
(the "action") and understanding (the "research"). The "genera-
tion dialogue" shows how semi-structured individual interviews 
were used to survey the intervention and control zones. The ex-
ample of the "Training of Uncircumcised Girls" explains how pre- 
and post-intervention surveys were used to gather information 
about non-conforming families, and to explore their expectations 
and satisfaction with this approach. The above examples show how 
action research can be used as a tool to integrate impact moni-
toring and measuring change into the implementation of project 
activities.