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South Africa seeks to tackle inequality as its G20 ‘legacy’

JOHANNESBURG – From the scrappy metal shacks packed tightly on the banks of the thin Jukskei river, the sparkly skyline of Johannesburg’s richest neighborhood...

Nearly 900 million poor people exposed to climate shocks—UN

United Nations, United States—Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming,...

Cuban minister resigns after downplaying poverty

Havana, Cuba—The labor minister in economically depressed Cuba resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over her claim that people rummaging through garbage cans were only pretending...

Failure to tax world’s richest means global tax needed—report

Paris, France—The failure of rich countries to tax the world's billionaires has made it necessary to introduce a global minimum tax rate on the...

Group airs concern for 5.6m kids of impoverished Filipino families

“Millions of Filipino children remain poor due to inequality and discrimination, and their situation is exacerbated by the climate crisis. Many of them lack...

Inequality

"Oxfam says the one percent are getting an ever-greater share of the world’s resources, despite already capturing around half of all new wealth during...

Oxfam notes stark inequality in PH as solon pushes more tax on luxury

Inequality has grown starker in the Philippines, with nine of the richest Filipinos having more wealth than 55 million others—or half the entire Philippine...

Inequality

City old-timers will probably recall the scene along an estero parallel to G. Araneta Avenue and E. Rodriguez Avenue in Quezon City. There was a...

World failing to address ‘dangerous’ inequality after COVID: Oxfam

The world has mostly failed to address a "dangerous" increase in inequality in the wake of the COVID pandemic, anti-poverty campaigners Oxfam said Tuesday. The...

Study: Inclusive democracy, upward mobility will address PH inequality

Inequality in the Philippines has complex roots and various facets and narrowing the gap entails building a more inclusive democratic society and enabling upward...

Focus on persistent inequality

"Let’s stop and think before we give these politicians the power to run our country." With just over a month before election day, we will...

Inequality kills

"It is tearing our societies apart." The super rich became super richer and the super poor became super poorer still. Inequality now does more damage...

Rody, Leni push equality for women

President Rodrigo Duterte has urged Filipinos to uplift women by rejecting the backward attitude that has created a culture of gender oppression and inequality...

Marginalized

"What is happening now is the unveiling of a harsh reality."   If there is one thing which the COVID-19 pandemic exposed to the fullest, it...
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