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Why women will prove vital in the battle against poverty : The idea that increasing female empowerment is the best way to reduce poverty isn't new, but in the 10 years Barbara Stocking has been chief executive of Oxfam, it has been at the heart of what the organisation does. "It's quite deliberately said that ... The Guardian

Why women will prove vital in the battle against poverty You start looking at everything differently if you put women at the heart of it. In her 10 years as chief executive of Oxfam, Barbara Stocking has overseen many initiatives that work with and for women around the world.