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Measuring to Transform: Impact Measurement Guide for Civil Society Organizations
(Dejusticia) Chaparro Gonzalez, Nina; Forero Hernández, Andrea Carolina
This guide provides civil society organizations with key information for understanding and applying evaluation methods to measure their social impact. At Dejusticia, we view evaluation as a tool for determining the extent to which a social or community initiative has positively improved conditions for a given population. We also believe that social impact measurement is an act of care and collective memory that helps us reflect on the path traveled, recognize achievements, and identify challenges. This guide is divided into five sections that reflect our understanding of social impact measurement. In the first, we discuss why it is important for civil society organizations to develop evaluation methodologies. In the second, we present five principles that should guide evaluation processes, including diversity, equity, and inclusion. In the third, we explain the stages and methodological tools involved in conducting an evaluation process. In the fourth, we provide a brief overview of the evaluation process for Dejusticia’s Enlaza Strengthening Program. Finally, in the fifth section, we offer concluding recommendations to help readers begin or strengthen their own social impact measurement efforts.
Rights-Based Alternatives to Incarceration for Women Lessons from Colombia’s Public Utility Law and the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy
(Dejusticia) Claudia Cardona; Julie Hannah; Isabel Pereira-Arana; Rebecca Schleifer
Women’s incarceration in Colombia is deeply linked to the disproportionate enforcement of drug policy and to the gendered inequalities women face in contexts of poverty and caretaking responsibilities. A novel law introduced in 2023 addresses these issues and allows certain women heads of household living in conditions of marginality to exchange prison for public service in freedom. Law 2292, the Public Utility Law, is an expression of the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy, and of normative shifts in Colombia around criminal policy and drug control. This paper documents how Mujeres Libres, the Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia), and the International Centre for Human Rights and Drug Policy, based at the University of Essex, came together to use the Guidelines as a shared advocacy and technical framework to strengthen the implementation of Law 2292. Aimed at policymakers, judges, public defenders, and civil society in Latin America and beyond, this paper offers a practical account of our implementation efforts: how our partnership formed, how we engaged strategic actors and identified key pathways of change, what tools we produced, what results we are beginning to see, and what should happen next.