Putting feminist MEAL into practice begins with intentional design. Every stage of monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning can be re-imagined reflecting justice and relational ethics.
The second module highlights how organisations can:
- Redefine accountability as care by centring wellbeing, transparency, and trust in reporting and decision-making.
- Create participatory systems that allow community members, staff, and partners to shape what success looks like.
- Acknowledge emotion and power in data processes by recognising how privilege, identity, and lived experience influence interpretation.
- Make learning continuous through regular team reflection, documentation of lessons learned, and honest conversations about challenges.
These practices help organisations move from compliance to connection; from collecting information to cultivating understanding.
🧩 Transforming Systems from Within
The second module encourages practitioners to see feminist MEAL as a cultural shift, not just a technical exercise. Transforming systems begins internally: through leadership commitment, organisational openness, and the integration of feminist ethics into structures and workflows.
It also means recognising that power operates within institutions. By addressing internal hierarchies, staff wellbeing, and participation in decision-making, organisations can align their internal culture with their external values.
“Feminist MEAL is about coherence; making sure that how we work internally reflects what we stand for externally.”
✨ Practical Steps Forward
To operationalise feminist MEAL, the second module suggests simple but transformative actions:
- Include reflection in every MEAL cycle — ask “what have we learned and how do we change?”
- Document relational insights — capture how collaboration, care, and inclusion shape outcomes.
- Encourage feedback loops — ensure data flows back to communities and teams, not just upward to funders.
- Reward learning, not perfection — treat mistakes as opportunities to strengthen systems.
When applied consistently, these steps make MEAL a dynamic and ethical practice that supports justice and resilience.
🌍 A Learning Journey
Module II reminds us that transformation happens through repetition, reflection, and care. Feminist MEAL is a journey of building cultures of accountability that honour people, relationships, and the complexity of change.
“Each act of reflection, each question about power, brings us closer to the justice we imagine.”
📚 Explore the Course
The course Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) from a Feminist Perspective was developed by CTDC for the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation. It is a free self-paced learning experience available in Arabic and English on the Kampus platform.
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