Podcasts about oxford poverty

We've said before on the podcast that "Uhuru wa Palestina ni uhuru wetu"—that when Palestine is free, we are all free—because the occupation of Palestine is the "heart of the beast," it is imperialism at its baldest, it is a colony that in 2025 has yet to exercise its right to self-determination. In this episode, we want to not only explain the history of the long war in the DRC but, more importantly, how this is true of Congo too. There is a reason Pan-Africanists have called DRC the "heart of Africa," why—as some sources claim—Kwame Nkrumah proposed the capital of the United States of Africa to be located in Kinshasa. It is not simply because Congo is in the geographical center of the continent. It is because, from the First Industrial Revolution to the Fourth, Congo—which contains half of Africa's water resources, half of Africa's forest cover, and enough arable land to feed half of Africa—reveals the darkest face of colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism. And a free Congo reveals a horizon for African self-determination and self-sufficiency that we've yet to reach.Today, we are speaking to Nteranya Ginga. Nteranya Ginga has a research background in rehabilitation, reconciliation, and reintegration of former child soldiers in post-conflict communities using creative participatory mediums such as dance and film. As Content Director for #CongoExcellence, he worked on educational content for Congolese youth to nurture their potential to contribute to the development of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nteranya has been the implementation support lead for the SOS Children's Villages (CV) Ombuds implementation project for West, Central, East, and Southern Africa regions.  He has also worked with the research centre Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Kenya Scholar's Access Programme (KenSAP), Tuition Aid Data Services (TADS), and immigration law company, Rivero Law LLC. Recommendations mentioned: "Dancing in the Glory of Monsters" by Jason K. Stearns"Africa's World War" by Gerard PrunierBenjamin Babunga Watuna (@benbabunga)Vava TampaThe Republic (rpublic.com) - forthcoming series on the war in Congo, edited by Nicole Batumike of Panzi FoundationGoma Actif

Professor Sabina Alkire directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford. Sabina has been involved in developing methods of measuring multidimensional poverty and her work is used to address development issues in countries around the world.

Sabina is ordained in the Anglican Church. Belle and Justin explore how her Christian faith maps onto her work in engaging poverty and development and how we can re-enchant our capacity for justice and compassion in tackling global poverty.For Sabina Alkire: https://ophi.org.uk/sabina-alkire/For Re-Enchanting: https://www.seenandunseen.com/podcastThere's more to life than the world we can see. Re-Enchanting is a podcast from Seen & Unseen recorded at Lambeth Palace Library, the home of the Centre for Cultural Witness. Justin Brierley and Belle Tindall engage faith and spirituality with leading figures in science, history, politics, art and education. Can our culture be re-enchanted by the vision of Christianity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim Samuel is a renowned educator and activist. She is the founder of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness as well as a visiting scholar at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford. She sits down with Georgina Godwin to discuss her new book, ‘On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Isolated World'.

La reducción de la pobreza a gran escala  es posible y revela nuevos perfiles de pobreza, según el nuevo Índice de Pobreza Multidimensional (MPI). Gabriel Boyke, Oficial Nacional del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) explicó en el programa En Contexto que este análisis mira más allá del ingreso y busca comprender cómo las personas experimentan la pobreza.Y es que en la vida diaria las personas tienen limitaciones al acceso de la educación, salud, vivienda, agua potable, saneamiento y electricidad.Según Boyke, la medición de los 1,200 millones de personas que hoy aparecen en pobreza multidimensional en el mundo, es casi el doble de la cantidad de personas que aparecen si solo se hace la medición por temas de ingresos.Esto significa que las personas están viviendo carencias y privaciones más allá del tema del ingreso que les impide llevar adelante una vida plena con bienestar y calidad.No obstante, en la medida en que los países puedan dar el salto para intervenir de manera diferenciada cuando se trata de generar mayor ingreso en el hogar y en las familias las necesidades asociadas a educación estén cubiertas y puedan aportar al desarrollo humano de las poblaciones, por ende, estarían fuera de la pobreza.No solamente es no contar con el ingreso suficiente, se trata de una medición que indica que más allá del umbral de pobreza por ingresos basado en 1.90 dólares diarios, también se debe analizar una serie de indicadores que hablan sobre dónde están las privaciones y cuál es la intensidad en donde se presentan en los países en vías de desarrollo.Antes del impacto de la pandemia, 72 países habían reducido significativamente la pobreza. El informe de (PNUD) y la Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) de la Universidad de Oxford, anticipa que es probable que muchos de los esfuerzos por erradicar la pobreza se hayan frustrado con las crisis múltiples que se enfrentan en la actualidad.Gabriel Boyke, indicó que la pobreza y las crisis económicas son las principales causas de las grandes olas de migración en el mundo. Sin embargo, se reconoce cómo estas poblaciones están impactadas por temas que van más allá de la capacidad o no de generar ingresos, entre ellos, la falta de acceso a una buena educación, entre otros problemas.La entrevista con Gabriel Boyke, Oficial Nacional del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), se dio en el programa En Contexto. Puede revivirlo en VOD de Tigo Panamá.

In the last 15 years, India has lifted 415 million out of poverty, according to the the United Nations Development Programme & the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)'s latest Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2022 report. In episode 1097 of Cut the Clutter, ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why it's good news for Indian, the political fight between Congress & BJP over it and why both are right. Brought to you by  @Kia India  ----more----Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2022 report: https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/hdp-document/2022mpireportenpdf.pdf

What I loved about this conversation with Kim is hearing her personal stories and experiences that brought her to dedicate her life to belonging and social connectedness. Kim Samuel is an activist, educator and movement builder. She is the Founder and Chief Belonging Officer of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, named in honour of her late father. She is president of the Samuel Family Foundation; visiting scholar at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative; and the first-ever Fulbright ambassador for diversity and social connectedness. Kim has lectured at institutions including Oxford, Harvard, and Vancouver Island University. Her first book, On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation was released recently by Abrams Press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kim Samuel is an activist, educator, and movement builder. She is the founder of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness and an academic lecturer at institutions including Oxford, Harvard, and McGill Universities. Samuel was recently named visiting scholar at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford and the first-ever Fulbright Canada ambassador for diversity and social connectedness. She lives in Toronto. Her new book is On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation. www.onbelongingbook.com www.kimsamuel.com

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Kim Samuel, author of On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation. Kim Samuel is an activist, educator, and movement builder. She is the founder of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness and an academic lecturer at institutions including Oxford, Harvard, and McGill Universities. Samuel was recently named visiting scholar at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford and the first-ever Fulbright Canada ambassador for diversity and social connectedness. She lives in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Live simply so that others may simply live.” In this podcast, we hear from an economist who believes there is more to poverty reduction than just money. Sabina Alkire began her long career helping the poor doing volunteer work alongside the likes of Mother Teresa- then studying theology before turning to economics. Today, Alkire heads the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and is one of the creators of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which the United Nations uses to identify and help the most vulnerable people in the world. Journalist, Rhoda Metcalfe spoke with Sabina Alkire to discuss her work for our special series on extraordinary Women in Economics. Transcript: https://bit.ly/3bWv56W

SPECIAL EVENT A Decade of the Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI): Lessons from Using Empowerment Metrics Co-Organized by IFPRI, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) FEB 16, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EST The Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is the first-ever direct measure of women's empowerment and inclusion in the agriculture sector, and has been named one of CGIAR's top innovations. Since its launch in 2012, WEAI-based metrics have been used by over 230 organizations across 58 countries to track progress toward women's empowerment and gender equality. This includes the project-level WEAI (pro-WEAI), which measures empowerment in various types of agricultural development projects. The pro-WEAI has guided programming that reached 10 million people across 30 projects, leveraging $2.4 billion. This Special Event will reflect on what has been accomplished and learned by applying WEAI and pro-WEAI in diverse contexts. The developers of WEAI will discuss the evolution of the tool and share findings from studies using pro-WEAI. Diverse users of the instrument will comment on their experiences and key lessons. The event will close with presentation of next steps for WEAI, including the announcement of new resources available to meet the growing demand for this tool. Opening Remarks Johan Swinnen, Global Director, CGIAR Systems Transformation Science Group & Director General, IFPRI Why USAID commissioned WEAI Jim Barnhart, Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Evolution of WEAI and Evidence Generated Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation) Video Collage: Experiences of WEAI Users Panel Discussion, “What have we learned from WEAI” Sabina Alkire, Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Avijit Choudhury, Integrator (Resource Mobilisation, Partnerships & Communications), Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN) Caren Grown, Senior Technical Adviser, Fiscal Policy, and former Global Director, Gender, World Bank Group Chiara Kovarik, Program Officer, Women's Empowerment, Agricultural Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Farzana Ramzan, Senior Gender Advisor, Inclusive Development Division, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Closing Remarks Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Moderator Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI LINKS Women's Empowerment In Agriculture Index (WEAI): https://www.ifpri.org/project/weai United States Agency For International Development (USAID): https://www.usaid.gov/ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF): https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/decade-womens-empowerment-agriculture-index-weai-lessons-using-empowerment-metrics Subscribe to IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

In episode 05-Introducing Multidimensional poverty Fabian Schmidl and Miriam El Agha talk about the multidimensional poverty index and the progress of countries, which have managed to reduce multidimensional poverty. The hosts address the following questions: When are households considered to be multidimensionally poor? Is there a threshold? What impact does Covid-19 have on multidimensional poverty? The text this episode is based on is “The global Multidimensional Poverty Index” in: Global MPI 2020 – Charting pathways out of multidimensional poverty: Achieving the SDGs. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).2-12.Resources“The global Multidimensional Poverty Index” in: Global MPI 2020 – Charting pathways out of multidimensional poverty: Achieving the SDGs. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI).2-12.Time Cues00:06 –1:01 Self imposed poverty1:04 –3:05 1.Introducing multidimensional poverty 2. Overview 3.Third semester 4.Poverty and inequality3:06 – 05:38 1.Multidimensional poverty Index 2.Degree of deprivation 3.Dimensions 4. Indicators05:39 –08:00 1.Multidimensional poverty reduction 2. Progress 3. SDG division 4. Multidimensional poverty08:01 – 09:45 1.Sir Tony Atkinsons 2. A clearer picture of poverty 3. A different perspective09:50 –12:46 1.Covid 19 influence 2. Restriction of school attendance 3. Exclusion 4.MalnourishmentGuests and Sound bites1. Anastasia (guest wants to stay anonymous)2. Jens Völksen(Anastasia and Jens Völksen provided sound bites for the podcast. They expressed their opinion, explaining which of the following poverty dimensions they consider important for a good life: Poverty dimensions: 1. Health 2. Education 3. Standard of living).Links and termsGlobal multidimensional poverty Index: „The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is an international measure of acute multidimensional poverty covering over 100 developing countries. It complements traditional monetary poverty measures by capturing the acute deprivations in health, education, and living standards that a person faces simultaneously“(Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, 2018, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative).Definition cited from this webpage: OPHI (2018) .https://ophi.org.uk/gmpi-2018/https://www.h-brs.de/de/sv/podcast-talking-texts-1CreditCover art: Anna MahendraMusic:Fabian Schmidl01:00 – 03:04 Welcome03:05 – 09:48 Sorry Plight09:51 – 14:57 AstonishmentJingle: Felix Spieß

Peace is a goal that all societies strive for. However, its meaning varies in different contexts, depending on societal values and settings. To dissect the various dimensions of peace, our host Mr. Axel M. Addy, former Minister of Commerce and Industry and Chief Negotiator for WTO accession of Liberia, interviewed Mr. Steve Killelea, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and Ms. Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Drawing from their respective works on the Global Peace Index and the Multidimensional Poverty Index, Steve and Sabina explain that peace is more than just the absence of conflict. It is also about the availability of structures, institutions and attitudes that can foster resilience. This understanding of peace provides avenues for addressing the various dimensions of fragility, including through poverty reduction strategies. Guests: - Mr. Steve Killelea, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) - Ms. Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Host: - Mr. Axel M. Addy, Former Minister of Commerce and Industry and Chief Negotiator of Liberia's accession to the WTO

This podcast goes to the very roots and heart of Business Fights Poverty – we are going to deeply examine poverty. What it is, where it occurs, to whom, why and what we can do about it. Global exert and leading thinker Sabina Alkire who directs the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford - shares her lifelong research into poverty. During our conversation Sabina explains how measuring multidimensional poverty can incorporate different dimensions, or aspects of poverty, to create measures tailored to each context. With colleagues at OPHI this has been applied and implemented empirically to produce a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). Sabina shares how the world has experienced poverty over the past years, where this is changing, including some rays of hope that we can build from. In addition Sabina shares deeply practical ways to use this data and successfully address poverty. Links: For the full set of resources about the new report for the global Multidimensional Poverty Index produced by OPHI and UNDP: https://ophi.org.uk/global-mpi-2021/ Sabina Alkire: https://ophi.org.uk/sabina-alkire/

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2020 was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI). 1.3 billion people are still living in multidimensional poverty. More than 80% are deprived in at least five of the ten indicators used to measure health, education and living standards in the global MPI. India lifted as many as 270 million people out of multidimensional poverty between 2005-06 and 2015-16. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rahul182/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rahul182/support

Social psychologist Angelika Love speaks with Dr Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Sabina is a world-leading expert on poverty and the co-developer of the multidimensional poverty index, which measures poverty by considering several dimensions of people's lived experiences at once. Sabina discusses the economics of poverty, how research can contribute to poverty reduction, and how the Covid-19 pandemic is related to poverty around the world. You can find all resources mentioned in this episode on www.angelikalove.com/podcast Music by John Bartmann www.johnbartmann.com

On this Democracy Sausage Extra during Anti-Poverty Week, Mark Kenny discusses creating a future without poverty with three of the world’s leading voices on poverty measurement, research, and eradication – former United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston, Oxford University’s Sabina Alkire, and Crawford School’s Sharon Bessell.How can policymakers better measure and understand poverty? Is ideology the main impediment to poverty alleviation? And are the Sustainable Development Goals insufficient to deal with major global challenges like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic? On this Democracy Sausage Extra for Anti-Poverty Week, Professor Mark Kenny discusses poverty eradication with former Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Professor Philip Alston, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative Dr Sabina Alkire, and Crawford School of Public Policy’s Professor Sharon Bessell.Sabina Alkire is Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, an economic research centre within the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. She is also a Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association.Philip Alston is John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University and served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.Sharon Bessell is Professor of Public Policy and Director of Gender Equity and Diversity at Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University (ANU).Mark Kenny is a Professor in the ANU Australian Studies Institute. He came to the university after a high-profile journalistic career including six years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or join us on the Facebook group.This podcast is produced in partnership with The Australian National University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Many countries were on track to half multidimensional poverty by 2030, but Covid-19 may lead to a reversal of trends. More data is urgently needed to understand how the pandemic will impact people’s lives and how multidimensional poverty will evolve. In this special episode, Sabina Alkire highlights findings of the 2020 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and reflects on measurement of multidimensional poverty. Sabina is director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford. You can find more information about this episode on the website: episode-6-multidimensional-poverty-in-2020

Dr Sabina Alkire is the director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development. She is a professor in International Affairs at the George Washington University and is a fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association. With fellow economist James Foster, she developed the Alkire-Foster Method, which measures multidimensional poverty by considering a range of deprivations associated with poverty which are aggregated to reflect societal poverty. In the seven years since its adaptation the multidimensional poverty indicator (MPI) has been adopted the United Nations Development Programme and several national governments, notably that of Bhutan. In this lucid interview, Sabina outlines the MPI and stresses that effective measurements are crucial to the eradication of poverty. She describes the benefits of using a multidimensional approach which considers deprivations associated with poverty, such as lack of access to adequate education, healthcare and employment. While the MPI compliments conventional measures, Sabina emphasises how it is more sensitive to immediate gains, such as improvements in education enrolment rates, which monetary measures are slow to account for. Furthermore, the MPI demonstrates that solving poverty requires multifaceted strategies and collaboration; a growing global trend that is perhaps epitomised by the SDGs. Sabina also discusses the practical implementation of the MPI and provides some positive insights into the Gross National Happiness index of Bhutan. Finally, she finishes by describing the future of the MPI, particularly efforts around child poverty measures. The post Episode 37: Interview with Sabina Alkire, director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI: how to effectively measure poverty using the  multidimensional poverty indicator (MPI) appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.

Is it just a low wage that conjures up the term when we talk about “crushing poverty”? Or is it really a host of other issues that likely accompany that lack of money? Economist Sabina Alkire has spent her career crafting the measures that demonstrate that latter proposition, work that with fellow economist James Foster resulted in what is known as the Alkire-Foster Method for determining level of poverty. In this Social Science Bites podcast, Alkire – director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative -- explains to interviewer Dave Edmonds the need to have a consistent and reputable means of measuring poverty over time. This usually entails “a monetary measurement, either income or consumption,” she details, “and a person is deemed to be poor if they don’t have enough by some poverty line.”  But as noted above, this is only half the battle – or perhaps not even half. “I’m not at all against income poverty level measures or consumption poverty measures, but it doesn’t tell the whole story,” Alkire explains (and notes that Foster is himself architect of some of those types of indices). “A person is also poor if they’re malnourished, and if their house is decaying and they don’t have a job and they’re not educated or their children are not attending school or if they’re victims of violence.” What’s needed is “a more three-dimensional account,” even if that new method doesn’t perfectly correlate with traditional material measures. And so she and Foster, building on work by Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, created method to derive the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index. That index does not include income but does look at living standards across 10 dimensions. If someone is considered ‘deprived’ in more than a third of those 10 dimensions, they are officially identified as poor.   Looking just at the globe’s 103 developing countries, Alkire says 1.45 billion people are “multidimensionally poor.” The mixed news, she adds, is that while levels of poverty are declining, the number of poor is increasing. Knowing where people stand is important in a policy context, Alkire says, which makes having an “official permanent statistic” that will survive changes in government, and which is drawn from demographic and health surveys in public domain, important. So far, national-level multidimensional poverty indices have proven their worth in poverty alleviation efforts, with state level governors in Mexico, for example, vying to out-lower each other. (Alkire notes that national indices do vary from the global index due to regional variation: Bhutan uses a measure of a household’s distance from a road.)

Dr. Sabina Alkire provides a brief overview of OPHI's work on multidimensional poverty and the missing dimensions of poverty.

Dr Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) gives a talk for the Oxford Alumni Weekend 2013. What does 'being poor' really mean? The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, or MPI, is an international measure of acute poverty covering more than 100 developing countries. Assessing poverty at the individual level, it complements traditional income-based poverty measures by capturing the severe deprivations that each person faces at the same time with regard to education, health and living standards. It also reveals how poverty is falling: whether there is a smaller number of people experiencing poverty, or whether the share of deprivations faced by poor people has dropped. Join Sabina Alkire to hear how the method that underlies the index, developed at Oxford University, is being applied by governments.

Dr Sabina Alkire, Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) gives a talk for the Oxford Alumni Weekend 2013. What does 'being poor' really mean? The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, or MPI, is an international measure of acute poverty covering more than 100 developing countries. Assessing poverty at the individual level, it complements traditional income-based poverty measures by capturing the severe deprivations that each person faces at the same time with regard to education, health and living standards. It also reveals how poverty is falling: whether there is a smaller number of people experiencing poverty, or whether the share of deprivations faced by poor people has dropped. Join Sabina Alkire to hear how the method that underlies the index, developed at Oxford University, is being applied by governments.

Professor Amartya Sen delivers a Distinguished Public Lecture on 'Discovery of Women', at Oxford. On 6 June 2013, the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) was delighted to host a Distinguished Public Lecture by our advisor Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate in Economics and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. The lecture, on the subject 'Discovery of Women', was given at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre, and was chaired by the Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford University.

Professor Amartya Sen delivers a Distinguished Public Lecture on 'Discovery of Women', at Oxford. On 6 June 2013, the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) was delighted to host a Distinguished Public Lecture by our advisor Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate in Economics and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. The lecture, on the subject 'Discovery of Women', was given at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre, and was chaired by the Rt Hon Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford University.