MLE eNewsletter No. 9

MLE Newsletter No. 9 - February 2011

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Indian Express [India]

The Urban Reproductive Health Initiative provides high-quality, cost-effective, and voluntary family planning services to some of the world's most vulnerable people. The Initiative links country-level implementation teams in India (Uttar Pradesh), Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal with evaluation experts on the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) Project to build a robust evidence and knowledge base that will shape future urban family planning/reproductive health policies and programs.

New Partner Publication

Evolving Men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) recently released this report summarizing multi-country findings from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES).

The survey is a comprehensive household questionnaire on men's attitude and practices -- along with women's opinions and reports of men's practices -- on a wide variety of topics related to gender equality.

Download a PDF version of the report

Recent Publications

Making Room for a Planet of Cities

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy with support from Cities Alliance and the World Bank released a new report stating that at present rates of density decline, the world's urban population is expected to double in 43 years.

The report provides both the conceptual framework and the basic empirical data and quantitative dimensions of past, present, and future urban expansion in cities around the world. The report's authors carefully selected metrics measured to provide a comprehensive and consistent global and historical perspective on urban expansion.

Download a PDF version of the report

Tools & Resources

Sign-Up for the MLE Capacity Building Listserv

The MLE project manages a weekly Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Capacity Building Listserv with information about opportunities to strengthen or use skills in M&E.

To subscribe to the listserv, please send an email toinfo@urbanreproductivehealth.org with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. To suggest a resource or tool for the MLE M&E Capacity Building Listserv, please send an email toinfo@urbanreproductivehealth.org with NEW RESOURCE in the subject line.

The MLE project is implemented by the University of North Carolina'sCarolina Population Center, in collaboration with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), and theInternational Center for Research on Women.