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    This blog deals with resources and events related to the 2020 Vision Conference on "Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People." You can follow these stories and comment on them by visiting this site before, during and after the conference.
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Participant Reactions: Diana Rivington

Diana Rivington, Director, Equality between Men and Women, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Ms. Rivington uses a case study illustrating the importance of gender analysis in development work. “For successful action for the poor,” she says, “you don’t just need good intention. You really need to understand the communities in which they work…”

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Putting a Spotlight on “Invisible” Groups

Marginalized people—disabled people, women, minorities, and indigenous peoples—are among those who are most entrenched in poverty, but they often don’t show up in poverty statistics and analysis. Frances Stewart pointed out that discrimination based on group identity reduces people’s well-being (it has been associated with depression, for instance), leads to inefficiency, is highly associated with [...]