The transformative and emancipatory potential of participatory evaluation: Reflections from a participatory action research study with war-affected young mothers

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dc.contributor.authorWorthen, Miranda
dc.contributor.authorVeale, Angela
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Susan
dc.contributor.authorWessells, Michael
dc.contributor.funderOak Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderPro Victimis Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderRockefeller Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderCompton Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderUNICEF West Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-23T06:47:24Z
dc.date.available2019-11-23T06:47:24Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-04
dc.description.abstractThe Participatory Action Research (PAR) study with Young Mothers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and northern Uganda which took place from 2006 to 2009 aimed to understand what ‘reintegration’ meant to young mothers formerly associated with armed groups. It also implemented social action initiatives designed by study participants to promote their wellbeing and achieve reintegration. We evaluated the study using multiple participatory evaluation methods, situating evaluation as part of the cycle of research and action. This approach facilitated young mothers’ participation in developing the criteria by which the study and its reintegration outcomes would be judged. We describe each method and what we uniquely learned from using a participatory evaluation approach. We discuss how this approach is well-suited for complex studies, can enhance data quality, increases capacity of all involved in the evaluation and supports the critical reflexivity necessary for participatory studies to succeed.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationWorthen, M., Veale, A., McKay, S. and Wessells, M., 2019. The transformative and emancipatory potential of participatory evaluation: reflections from a participatory action research study with war-affected young mothers. Oxford Development Studies, (17pp). DOI:10.1080/13600818.2019.1584282en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13600818.2019.1584282en
dc.identifier.eissn1469-9966
dc.identifier.endpage170en
dc.identifier.issn1360-0818
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleOxford Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage154en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9197
dc.identifier.volume47en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600818.2019.1584282
dc.rights© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Groupen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectChild soldiersen
dc.subjectPost-conflicten
dc.subjectCommunity-based participatory researchen
dc.subjectMixed-methodsen
dc.subjectEvaluationen
dc.subjectParticipatory action researchen
dc.titleThe transformative and emancipatory potential of participatory evaluation: Reflections from a participatory action research study with war-affected young mothersen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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