Midterm Evaluation: A Diverse and Strengthened Feminist Movement Leading Initiatives to Advance Peacebuilding and Women’s Rights in Yemen
| Partner | Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) |
|---|---|
| Location | Yemen |
| Date | March 2025 - May 2025 |
| Services provided | Evaluation |
the project.
JRNY Consulting partnered with the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) and the Peace Track Initiative (PTI) to lead a midterm evaluation of an innovative feminist peacebuilding initiative in Yemen. This project focused on understanding how diverse feminist movements are driving peacebuilding and advancing women’s rights within a complex, conflict-affected context.
The evaluation brought together expertise in peacebuilding, gender equality, and the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) agenda to assess progress, identify learning themes, and support adaptive strategy. By engaging with local activists, civil society organisations, and programme stakeholders, the work generated insights that strengthened understanding of the initiative’s contributions and challenges.
objectives.
This evaluation was designed to:
Assess progress against anticipated results, highlighting where implementation is advancing or facing challenges.
Analyse lessons learned — identifying what has worked, what hasn’t, and why — to inform adaptive planning and improvement.
Support strategic learning by generating evidence-based recommendations for future strategy and programming.
what we delivered.
JRNY Consulting provided a set of practical, actionable evaluation deliverables that support organisational learning, reflection, and strategic adaptation:
Comprehensive Midterm Evaluation Report: A detailed analysis of progress, challenges, and strategic recommendations to inform ongoing implementation and future planning.
Case Study on PTI’s Feminist Peacebuilding Approach: A focused narrative highlighting successes, lessons, and key contributions from the Peace Track Initiative’s approach.
User-Friendly Communication Brief: A concise synthesis of key findings designed to support internal dissemination and external engagement with partners and stakeholders.
Presentation of Key Findings: A facilitated presentation of evaluation insights to PTI and collaborating partners to support dialogue, shared reflection, and strategic learning.
These deliverables were designed to be usable, relevant, and accessible, helping partners reflect on progress, strengthen future efforts, and reinforce the role of feminist peacebuilding in Yemen.
why it matters.
In contexts of prolonged conflict such as Yemen, inclusive peacebuilding is both urgent and complex. Feminist movements and women’s rights advocates are essential actors in shaping sustainable peace processes that reflect diverse needs, experiences, and aspirations. By centring local voices and lived experience, this evaluation helps clarify how peacebuilding initiatives are contributing to structural change, where adaptations may be needed, and how feminist leadership can be supported more effectively in strategy and practice.
This work reflects JRNY Consulting’s commitment to equity-centred evaluation and participatory learning — ensuring that evidence strengthens collaboration, supports strategic reflection, and informs impactful peace and security efforts.
