The work you have done to establish the facts about multidimensional inequality through applying the MIF, identifying drivers of these inequalities and candidate policies is crucial for taking action to reduce inequalities. Here we provide information and resources designed to help you build on this analysis to take action against inequality. We show you how to develop an action plan aimed at influencing the development, and introduction of new policies, laws, and service provision, and to changing the narratives around inequalities.

The first step is to decide what change you want to achieve - which of the inequalities you have identified are you going to focus on? The process we outline will then help you to develop a plan for how to bring about that change. This is sometimes called developing a “Theory of Change”. This guide to taking action and developing an action plan is set out in a series of activities shown in the wheel diagram below.

Develop a plan of action - your Theory of Change