Consulting

POLICY ADVISING

2015-  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Consulting on “Gender Equality in Public Administration” initiative.

2023.  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mongolia. Consulted on reforms to law on political parties and electoral law to promote gender equality. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. April.

2022.  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Consulted on “Government Responses to COVID-19: Lessons on Gender Equality for a World in Turmoil.” Launched June 23.

2020-21. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Women. Developed methodology and led data collection for COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker Task Force Dataset. Version 1 released March 22, 2021, through the UNDP-UN Women COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker, https://data.undp.org/gendertracker/.

2020. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Consulted on Women’s Political Participation and Leadership (WPPL) initiative.

2020. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Consulted on “Gender Equality in Public Administration: Europe and Central Asia Summary of Progress on Data Availability (2017-2020).”

2016-17.  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Consulted on Political and Civil Participation indicators for Global LGBTI Inclusion Index.

2016-17.  Data and Technology Advisory Council, Women in Public Service Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

2015-16. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Consulted on “Women in Power II: Women’s Leadership as a Route to Greater Empowerment.” (SOL-OAA-15-000102), contracted through Management Systems International.

2013-14. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Consulted on “Women in Power II” (SOL-OAA-13-000094), contracted through Management Systems International.

2013. European University Institute (EUI) Global Governance Program. Gave invited presentation on the effect of gender quotas on ethnic minorities to policymakers and academics at the Gender Quotas and Global Governance High-Level Policy Seminar. November 19.

2011.  Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID). Provided expertise for “Helpdesk Research Report: Effects of Political Quotas for Women.”

TECHNICAL REPORTS

2022. Finkel, Müge Kökten, Joanna Hill, Brianna Howell*, and Melanie M. Hughes. “Gender Equality in Public Administration: Where are the Women in Environmental and Climate Change Ministries?” United Nations Development Programme Policy Brief. November 14. (authors listed alphabetically)

2022. Finkel, Müge Kökten and Melanie M. Hughes. “Where Are the Women?: Gender Equality in Public Administration in …” Regional Briefs. United Nations Development Programme. (first and second authors contributed equally)

  • “Africa” with Juliana Montiero Benardino*, Francisco Hernandez*, Katrina Lenhart*, Rachel Licina*, Alice Ngamije*, and Gifty Owusu-Tawiah*.

  • “Arab States” with Leila Fadel*, Francisco Hernandez*, Katrina Lenhart*, Ihrar Muhammadi*, and Noelle Spencer*.

  • “Asia-Pacific” with I Younan An*, Francisco Hernandez*, Caroline Kimbro*, Katrina Lenhart*, and Yiyang Sun*.

  • “Europe and Central Asia” with Natalia Goodnow*, Francisco Hernandez*, Rebecca Holland*, and Katrina Lenhart*.

  • “Latin America and the Caribbean” with Kayla Conforti*, Natalia Duarte Mayorga*, Francisco Hernandez*, Katrina Lenhart*, and Alexandra Long*.

2021. Finkel, Müge Kökten, Melanie M. Hughes, and Joanna Hill. Gender Equality in Public Administration. United Nations Development Programme and University of Pittsburgh. Executive Summary translated into French and Spanish.

2017.  Hughes, Melanie M., Brittany Duncan, Leslie Marshall, and Samantha Plummer. “Developing a Tracking Mechanism for Gender Equality in Public Administration (GEPA): Challenges, Considerations, and Recommendations” and “Recipes for the Collection and Production of Data for National Tracking of Gender Equality in Public Administration (GEPA).” Produced for review by the United Nations Development Programme.

2016.  Hughes, Melanie M., Darcy Ashman, and Milad Pournik. “Women in Power Project Summary Report.” Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. Contracted by Management Systems International.

2014.  Hughes, Melanie M. with Brittany Duncan and Milad Pournik. “Women’s Leadership as a Route to Greater Empowerment: Report on the Diamond Leadership Model.” Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. Contracted by Management Systems International.