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In this session of The Conversation Series, Professor Bina Agarwal (Chair), Founder, FESDIG, University of Manchester, UK; Dr Rajib Nandi, Associate Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, India; Professor Ratna Sudarshan, Trustee and Former Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, India; and Professor Jeemol Unni, Ahmedabad University, discuss their recently co-edited book, ‘Recognizing Connectedness: The Practice of Feminist Evaluation’. They explain the concept and practice of feminist evaluation, and address questions like: should development programme evaluations adopt a lens of intersectionality? Are there more comprehensive ways to evaluate gender empowerment programmes? What is feminist evaluation and how is it different from a women-in-development approach? Who should be the focal point in these evaluations and which parameters should be evaluated?