WOMEN RISE M&E I M PLE M E NTATION NOTE

Introduction
In this note, you will find
guidance and instructions
on the data collection tools
and associated databases
Decide on Psychosocial
for the Monitoring and
Evaluation of the Focused 1 Functioning and/or Felt Stigma
Group Psychosocial Support Outcome Measures
(PSS) Curriculum. The Decide on which outcome measure(s) to
monitoring and evaluation collect before start of activities
(M&E) processes include
both output and outcome
2 Pre-Group Interviews
measures using both
quantitative and qualitative Conduct Pre-Group Interviews to assess
tools as outlined in this for eligibility and fit before start of group
guidance. Each section sessions
specifies an implementation
component and the
associated monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) activities.
Attendance Tracking
3
Track attendance for every
session delivered

Feedback and
Fidelity of Group 4
PSS Sessions
Complete Feedback and
Fidelity Report after every
session delivered

Outcome Surveys
5
WR participants are assessed using
Outcome Surveys in between Weeks 3 and
4 and within 1 week after the last group
session

Post-Group FGD
6
Focus Group Discussions are conducted
1 week to 1 month after the last group
session

A Second FGD
7
Focus Group Discussions are conducted 1
month after the last group session

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2 Pre-group meeting / interview

WHEN WHO IS RESPONDING

Before beginning the Women Rise cycle, every Every potential group member wishing to participate in
potential participant will need to be interviewed Women Rise must complete a Pre-Group Meeting.
following guidance from the Tool 01. Pre-Group
Meeting Form. WHO IS COLLECTING

WHAT The facilitator(s) of Women Rise.

CONSIDERATIONS
01 Tool 01. Pre-Group Meeting Form
introducing the curriculum, used to collect • If Tool 01. Pre-Group Meeting Form needs to
background data of potential group member be translated, it must be translated BEFORE
(demographic data) and narrative questions to administering.
determine group readiness of the interviewee. • To avoid interpretation error and to increase
reliability of the data, it should be translated
before the form is used, and should never be
done while it is being administered.
Database A. Pre-Group Meeting and
A
Attendance Registry • Database A. Pre-Group Meeting Registry is also
used to track attendance.
Used to enter information gathered from Tool 01.
Pre-Group Meeting Form. This database will need • Both databases will need to be locked as it
to be locked as it contains sensitive information. contains sensitive information.
• When emailing locked databases, send the
database separate from the password.

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3 Attendance tracking
WHEN WHO IS RESPONDING

Attendance of every group member is taken after The facilitator of the session ensures the attendance is
session(s). taken for each session.

WHAT WHO IS COLLECTING

Tool 02. Group PSS Session Attendance For each Women Rise session, the facilitator will take
02
Template attendance of participants who are present during the
session. The facilitator or a selected M&E focal point
An attendance list using participant codes and an will enter the attendance information into Database A.
attendance tracker to note which participants are Pre-Group Meeting and Attendance Registry.
present for each session.
CONSIDERATIONS

Database A. Pre-Group Meeting and • Database A: Pre-Group Meeting Registry is also

A
Attendance Registry used to store data from the Pre-Group Meeting/
Used to enter information gathered from the Tool Interview.
02. Group PSS Session Attendance Template • Both databases will need to be locked as it
contains sensitive information.
• When emailing locked databases, send the
database separate from the password.

4 Feedback and fidelity of group PSS sessions

WHEN WHO IS RESPONDING

Within 24 hours of completing a Group PSS session. All facilitators and supervisors of the most recent
Group PSS Session delivered.
WHAT
WHO IS COLLECTING

03 Tool 03. Group PSS Session Feedback and • Facilitator’s will complete the Tool 03. Group PSS
Fidelity Form Session Feedback and Fidelity Report after each
The Group PSS Session Feedback and Fidelity session they facilitate.
Report acts as both an M&E tool and supervision • Supervisors will use the same tool to lead Group
tool to monitoring strengths and challenges faced Supervision and complete the Supervision section
in individual sessions. at the end of the report.
• The facilitator or selected team focal point can
enter the information in Database C.
Database B. Group PSS Session Feedback CONSIDERATIONS
B
and Fidelity Tracker
A selected team focal point or supervisor can • If there are two facilitators per session, both
enter the information into Database B facilitators can complete one Tool 03. Feedback
and Fidelity Report.
• Supervisors should be using Tool 03 as part of
their group supervision process.

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5 Psychosocial functioning and/or felt stigma

outcome measures
WHEN
Database C1. Combined Outcome
C1
Decisions on which scales to use will happen before Database_PaperCollect
the start of the group. Outcome measures will be Used to enter information gathered from Tool
collected twice per project cycle: 04a
• Baseline: The first data collection will be in
between Session 3 and 4 with a scheduled Database C2. Combined Outcome
individual interview with each participant after
C2
Database_KoboCollect
session 3 is complete Data exported from Kobo can be copied and
• Endline: The second and final data collection will pasted into this database
be 1-week after the final group session

WHAT WHO IS RESPONDING

There are two outcome measures for the Group Women and girls, 15 years old and over, who are
PSS curriculum: (1) Psychosocial Functioning and receiving GBV Case Management and/or participating
(2) Felt Stigma. Both are validated scales measuring in Women Rise.
changes related to psychosocial wellbeing and stigma
experienced by women survivors of GBV. Outcome WHO IS COLLECTING
Scales are available in Paper collect or Kobo Toolbox
collect. One of the Women Rise facilitators (or the participant’s
case worker) should complete the chosen scale(s)
with each participant. The facilitator will enter the
04a Tool 04a. Combined Outcome Scales responses collected from the surveys (Tool 04a, 04b,
Combined PSS Functioning and Felt Stigma or 04c) into Database C1 or C2.
Survey - Used for measuring both Psychosocial
Functioning and Felt Stigma, paper version CONSIDERATIONS

04b Tool 04b. Psychosocial Functioning Scale • If you are using Tool 04a, you should not be using
Tool 04b or 04c.
Used only for measuring Psychosocial
Functioning • If you are using Tool 04d, you are using the Kobo
Toolbox platform to collect your data, which means
04c Tool 04c. Felt Stigma Scale you will be using Database C2 to analyse your
data.
Used only for measuring Felt Stigma
• Please use outcome scale visual guides as
Tool 04d. Combined Outcome Scales Kobo needed.
04d
Upload • Specific guidance for data entry can be found in
Combined PSS Functioning and Felt Stigma the Databases on the “DataEntryGuidance” tab.
Survey, Kobo version • Tool 04a, 04b, 04c, and 04d contain the core
questions and cannot be modified or changed.
However, additional questions can be added to
the scales and can be found in the GBV Outcome
Monitoring Toolkit with additional guidance on
using the scales.
• When emailing locked databases, send the
database separate from the password.

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6 Post-group focus group discussion (FGD)

WHEN WHO IS COLLECTING

conducted within the first week of group completion Facilitator

and another time 3 or 6 months after group The facilitator should be someone who was not a
completion. facilitator of the Women Rise group, but also could
• The first FGD has a separate guide be someone familiar to them and is well aware of the
• The second FGD 3 or 6 months later will have a program. For example, this could be an Officer/Senior
separate guide Officer/Social Worker who has regularly visited the
site and thus known in the community. The facilitator
should not be the person facilitating Women Rise
WHAT sessions for this particular group, but could be a
facilitator from another site/location.
There are two FGD guides; one for the initial 1-week/
month follow up and one for the 3 or 6 month follow Note-taker
up.
There will also need to be at least one designated
note-taker per group; comments from the Women Rise
03 Tool 05a. Women Rise Post Group FGD participants should be recorded exactly as they are
Should be delivered within the first week or said, capturing as much detail as possible. The note-
month after group completion taker should be very familiar with the FGD guides and
all of the questions before the FGD begins.
Tool 05b. Women Rise 3-6 Month Post Group
FGD CONSIDERATIONS
Can be delivered at the 3 or 6 months after
group completion • The Participant Demographic section in Tool 5a
and Tool 6a wll need to be completed before
the start of the FGD. See the tool for detailed
WHO IS RESPONDING instructions on how to fill out the section.

Women Rise participants who have participated in at • Teams may choose to add additional FGDs at 6
least 75% of the sessions. Please refer to Database months or 1 year post group but should carefully
A. Pre-Group Meeting and Attendance Registry for consider the need, the added benefits, and the
individual participant’s attendance rates. potential fatigue/burden on the group members
before deciding on additional FGD rounds