How can the world address inequality? 7 experts explain
2021年7月5日 · Looking at global inequality beyond purely from an income distribution lens, it is critical to take into consideration multidimensional factors such as social mobility, gender equality, livelihood infrastructure, technology access, the voice of civil society, privacy, social and environmental protections, progressive tax laws and labour rights when examining the how …
Corporations are fuelling inequality. Here's how
2024年1月15日 · Wealth also continues to reflect its sexist, colonial and neo-colonial roots. Despite representing 21% of the world population, countries in the Global North own 69% of global wealth and are home to 74% of the world’s billionaires’ wealth.
5 things COVID-19 has taught us about inequality
2020年8月18日 · The social determinants of health. Image: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, adapted from adapted from Singer and Dahlgren and Whitehead Significantly, the pandemic has highlighted the impact of socio-economic conditions on health.
Global inequality is a failure of imagination. Here's why
2023年1月16日 · Global inequality has gotten worse, with the richest 1% grabbing nearly two-thirds of newly-created wealth since 2020. Our leaders need to imagine new economic structures to create a more equal world and to save our planet.
5 ways intersectionality affects diversity and inclusion at work
2020年7月22日 · Black women in the US won’t reach gender parity with men until 2130 because of intersectionality - where race and gender are both working against them. Here’s what it means.
Oxfam: 8 ways to bridge the global inequality gap | World …
2024年2月5日 · Inequality between rich and poor countries is getting worse, with women and minorities disproportionately affected. Oxfam suggests 8 ways to bridge the gap.
Wealth gap widens as pandemic deepens economic inequality
2022年4月7日 · The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened economic inequality across the globe. Urgent action is needed to support people in poverty and narrow the wealth gap.
COVID-19 is increasing multiple kinds of inequality | World …
2020年10月9日 · Digital retail vendors, conferencing platforms and social media groups have reaped the benefit from the lockdown and the shift to remote work. The increasing concentration of in-country inequality is signalled in our latest book, Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years .
This is the state of inequality in 2022, according to Oxfam | World ...
2022年1月17日 · Tax the new wealth made since the start of the pandemic through permanent wealth and capital taxes. Invest the trillions that could be raised by these taxes in progressive spending on universal healthcare and social protection, climate change adaptation, and gender-based violence prevention and programming.
4 ways to bridge global inequality around emerging technology
2024年2月20日 · Meanwhile, the pressing needs for the social innovation these technologies are looking to solve are in bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) settings whose voices are unheard in technology development. This poses issues such as lack of access and affordability to technology, language barriers, under-representation of certain datasets in training (in the ...