Emily Ogutu and Shannon Marquez are smart. Super smart. Their academic research and educational aptitude is a gift they are using to benefit others around the globe, particularly women and girls in Africa. They have offered an incredibly rich contribution to  robust evaluation and focuses on women’s and girls’ empowerment-centred interventions that are integrated and sequenced in a new way.They along with their partner at World Vision, Strong Women Strong World want to understand what is working well and what is not, to capture best practices that can be applied in future programmes.Maybe you've heard about Dead Aid? Or Harmful development practises? They are real and anyone who is interested in making a real transformative difference in the world knows that a deep research based approach to improve methods and adaptive strategies are KEY to real change. These women help us understand how.Get ready to learn. These practises and principles are things we all need to be smarter. :-)Links:https://www.wvi.org/publications/research/water-sanitation-and-hygiene/strong-women-strong-world-beyond-access-learning This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit daniellestrickland.substack.com