Hard to write about, easy to believe in: the importance of data in achieving human rights
Emily Laurie, Managing Director of Future First Global, blogs on the importance of data in delivering evidence-based development. I have sat in enough meetings with communications colleagues to know ‘data isn’t sexy’. It just isn’t. Human rights and development is about people which is why story telling is so important but I am not sure my writing skills are up to developing an engaging narrative about data. However, I am sure that as the world celebrates this year’s Human Rights Day, serious progress will only be made over the next 365 days (great ‘every day is human right’s day’ theme this year #rights365) …

