Young people working together around a table during a Her Initiative session

Impact & MEL.

Data driven results demonstrating sustainable transformation at scale.

Our Approach to Impact

Evidence based decisions, not just reports.

We take impact seriously. Her Initiative operates a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) system built to track progress from activities to outcomes, and to drive evidence based decisions, not just reports.

Organisation Wide M&E Framework

Aligned to our Theory of Change ensuring every activity, output, and outcome maps directly to our strategic goals.

Programme Performance Frameworks

Clear indicators and targets per programme (PMFs) with measurable milestones across all three pathways.

Master Looker Ingestion Sheet

A centralised single source of truth aggregating data across all programmes, regions, and cohorts in real time.

Automated Impact Dashboards

Looker Studio dashboards with real time executive impact summaries actual vs. target performance, always live.

Beyond Reporting

MEL drives learning. Findings inform programme refinement, resource allocation, and Theory of Change validation and where needed, we engage independent evaluators to strengthen evidence credibility.

Impact Dashboard

Real time performance tracking

Economic Empowerment

Digital skills, business formation, income generation

78%

Rights Based Leadership & Agency

Decision making, gender rights, leadership development

65%

Enabling Environment

Replication, scale, sustainability, ecosystem building

82%

94%

Actual vs Target

On Track

5/5

Active Programmes

On Track

14

Regions Covered

On Track

Outcome Areas

Our impact spans multiple dimensions of women's economic empowerment

78K+

Adolescent Girls & Young Women Directly Reached

25M+

Total Media Reach

38

Youth Led Organisations Strengthened

USD 50

Average Cost Per Participant Proven at Scale

Programme Outcome Breakdown

4,500

Young women entrepreneurs adopted digital tools and are participating in the digital economy

9,500

Young women accessed digital skills and economic opportunities

210

Young women established businesses and increased their income

761

Girls strengthened leadership and resilience to pursue income opportunities

17,000

Young women strengthened leadership, agency and decision making participation

23,000

Community members strengthened commitment to protecting girls' rights

By 2029, Her Initiative will reach 136,640 young women at just USD 50 per participant at national scale.

OUR PARTNERS

Backed by leading global organizations

UN Women Generation Equality Women First International Fund King Baudouin Foundation Segal Family Foundation
ICAP Global Health Kingdom of the Netherlands Roddenberry Foundation
Malala Fund Remaking the World with and for Girls