NNVAW Partnership

• Advocacy for policy
• Social mobilisation
• Helpline
• Enhance audiences
• Distribute booklets
• Training health, judiciary and police

Levels where impact is measured / captured

Overall Objective

The overall objective of this evaluation is to determine whether Soul City in partnership with NNVAW did what it set out to do and whether this had any impact on:

• creating a supportive environment;
• improving referrals and strengthening services for women who have experienced domestic violence;
• increasing awareness of / action on domestic violence on an individual, community and societal level

which could ultimately increase the safety and well-being of women.

Partnership evaluation process

1. Workshop with NNVAW/SC Overview of the evaluation Input
2. Formative Research Interviews with key-informants i.e. SC, NNVAW, Lifeline
3. Development of Research Tools
4. Data Collection
5. Analysis and model identification
6. Write up
7. Dissemination

Table 1: An outcome model to inform the design of the evaluation of Soul City in partnership with NNVAW

(? there is fluidity between actions and outcomes on a horizontal level, the vertical levels are heirarchial showing health promotion and intermediate outcomes which can be measured)

Source: Nutbeam, D. (1998) Evaluating Health Promotion - progress, problems and solutions

Table 2: Data source/category of stakeholders interviewed, and methods used for each of the sub-studies

Analysis Technique

• Thematic Analysis of Qualitative data (Atlas / ti)
• Telkom data - quantitative analysis

Reality check

• Telkom frequency data only July to end November 1999; (Dec still outstanding)
• Variable interview technique - one inexperienced interviewer. Taken into account in analysis;
• Poor tape quality = some loss of data in Eastern Province.

Sub-studies

1. Organisational Impact and lessons learnt
2. Impact on access to, and quality of services (helpline and services)
3. Impact of Advocacy Strategy

Proposed Conceptual Framework for analysis of the advocacy strategy

Informed by Wallack, 1993 and Ryan, 1991

Proposed Model: analysis of policy process

Source: Klugman, 1998 (based on Walt and Gilson, 1994; Reich, 1996 and Kingdon, 1995)

Organisational Level Impact

• Conceptual Framework: Bolman and Deal (Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership)
• Structural Frame (e.g. Decision-making, Resource allocation, Communication,
• Human Resources Frame (e.g capacity / person power, psychosocial impact, relationships within and between organizations)
• Political Frame
• Cultural Frame

Questions

• Links?
• Conceptual frameworks?