Category: Inequality
Inequality robs the poorest people of the support they need to improve their lives, and means that their voices go unheard.
Survival of the Richest: How billionaires are amassing eye-watering wealth amid crisis
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Oxfam has today revealed that the richest 1% of Australians have accumulated 10 times more wealth than the bottom 50% in the past decade, as cost-of-living pressures bite and global inequality spikes. Survival of the Richest is published on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Elites are gathering in the […] Read more »
Beating COVID: how Aboriginal communities mobilised to fight the pandemic
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When the threat of COVID-19 became fully apparent last year, First Peoples health organisations across Australia swung quickly into action to prevent devastating effects in their communities. Read more »
“The day we will dance”: Voices of women in the midst of conflicts in West and Central Africa
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In West and Central Africa, women have lost their “dance partners”, who have been killed by armed groups, disappeared or gone away. Read more »
Australia must contribute its fair share to the UN COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan
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In fragile states, war zones and in poor countries, the human and economic costs of COVID-19 threaten to kill millions and push billions more into poverty. Read more »
Analysis & Opinion Blogs Campaigning for change Food & climate change Health Inequality Rights in crisis
Beyond Covid-19: could we create a more sustainable world?
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What will the world’s response to the COVID-19 crisis mean for the two defining and interconnected challenges of our age: climate change and global inequality? Read more »
Buried Treasure – Aussie mining companies behaving badly in West Africa
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Whilst Australian mining companies are extracting precious and finite resources from countries across Africa, it is unclear if any of the wealth is benefiting the local community and the country as a whole. Read more »
Beyond safeguards: why advocacy is critical
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Systems and safeguards are critical measures to prevent abuse and protect the rights of women and girls. But sexual misconduct, from Hollywood to Haiti, has revealed a much deeper issue: unfair distributions of power.
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Analysis & Opinion Blogs Campaigning for change Ethical trading & business Inequality Labour rights Women's rights
Help school the big brands this summer
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You know the holidays are over when you starting seeing advertisements for ‘Back To School’ sales. Unfortunately, many of the women making clothes for brands like Kmart, Target and Big W are paid poverty wages. Find out how you can call brands to account. Read more »
It’s time to target the obscene profits of the super-rich
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Just eight billionaires are as wealthy as the poorest half of humanity, showing that the global inequality crisis is more extreme than we had feared. It is clear the current economic system is broken, serving the interests of multinational corporations and the super-rich. Read more »
Budget 2016: Do you know what’s missing?
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Budget 2016, it had it all: “the economy”, bracket creep, innovation, nimbleness, agility, debt and deficit. Surely that’s everything, right? Well, not quite. Read more »