Diana Rivington enjoyed a long career at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), where her last assignment was as Director, Human Development and Gender Equality. Prior to joining CIDA, she worked for World University Service of Canada, CUSO and Canada World Youth. She has worked and lived in Jamaica, Philippines, Colombia, Honduras and New York City (Canada’s mission to the UN). She is fluent in French and Spanish. As she has stressed, one never retires from caring about gender equality or human rights. “Still she persists”.