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How South Africa can disrupt its deeply rooted educational inequality

July 19, 2021 admin Other

If one were to measure an education system’s strength purely on access, South Africa would be a schooling success story.

The Refugee Problem

June 15, 2021 admin Other, Racial/Ethnic Inequality

The Refugee Problem Three Quantitative Examples of Specific Problems The most severe challenge faced by international community at present

The gender pay gap means that more women will be in poverty later in life – but there is something the government can do

May 3, 2021 admin Gender Inequality

This week’s report by IFS illuminates the persistence of the gender pay gap. It highlights that women in paid work

Analysis: Obama Building a Legacy on Gender Equality Issues

March 5, 2021 admin Gender Inequality

Gender equality is one of those issues that President Barack Obama takes very personally. “We’re going to keep pushing until

Inequality needs to be defused

February 1, 2021 admin Other

In the column, Smallhorne called on the allegedly still-privileged whites of South Africa to heed warning signs of simmering discontent

Is your workplace ageist?

January 30, 2021 admin Age Inequality

Suppose I’m a business — and what a handsome business I’d be! — that’s interviewing people for a job opening.

New Report Shows That Amongst Top Tier Managers In Australian Organisations, Men are Paid $100,000 More Than Women

January 25, 2021 admin Income Inequality

A new report released on Thursday has illustrated that amongst top tier managers in Australian organisations, men are paid, on

Inequality rife among black and minority ethnic staff in the NHS

January 24, 2021 admin Healthcare Inequality

The NHS is the largest employer in the UK, has an ethnically diverse workforce, and its aim is to improve

Over-65s heart death gap ‘wider’ between rich and poor

January 18, 2021 admin Healthcare Inequality

An analysis by experts at Imperial College London looked at rates for men and women aged 30-64 and over-65s. The research,

Dispatches: When Addiction Has a White Face

January 15, 2021 admin Other

WHEN crack hit America in the mid-1980s, for African-Americans, to borrow from Ta-Nehisi Coates, civilization fell. Crack embodied instant and

Widow’s call for NHS age equality

January 11, 2021 admin Age Inequality

A woman has called for an end to NHS age discrimination after revealing how doctors “wrongly assumed” her elderly husband’s

Group calls on Trudeau to appoint gender-balanced Senate

December 29, 2020 admin Gender Inequality

A group of Canadian women has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the Senate gender-equal. 82 women signed an open

Where Girls Are Missing Out on High-School Sports

December 19, 2020 admin Gender Inequality

Forty-three years ago, a federal law was passed requiring what today seems like a no-brainer: gender equality in schools. Over

Age discrimination is still seen as okay in the workplace

December 18, 2020 admin Age Inequality

Every fortnight or so, 58-year-old James Clark hosts a ‘tea and teach’ session at Barclays’ high-street branch in Ealing Broadway,

South African racial transformation starting – but painfully slowly

November 21, 2020 admin Racial/Ethnic Inequality

Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s transition from white minority rule to democracy, and the latest

The Main Reason Women Make Less Money Than Men

November 10, 2020 admin Income Inequality

More than half of the pay gap between the genders can be explained by the fact that women tend to

Laws in place to enforce against age, gender discrimination at work: MOM

November 7, 2020 admin Age Inequality

SINGAPORE: The Manpower Ministry (MOM) has employment laws in place to penalise discriminatory practices related to age and gender, Minister

Fighting domestic violence through early education

October 24, 2020 admin Gender Inequality

KELOWNA, B.C. – When more men view women as equals, violence in relationships will be reduced, according to an American

States Take Lead On Equal Pay, With Legislation Stalled In Congress

October 23, 2020 admin Income Inequality

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed his first piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, seven years ago

城乡差距对于教育的影响（ Education affected by Urban-Rural gap）

October 22, 2020 admin Other

城乡差距对于教育的影响（ Education affected by Urban-Rural gap）随着中国科学技术与经济实力的日积月累，中国的经济实力已经在全球取得了突破性的成绩。我们的社会主义价值观取得了极大的成就而正是因为我们国家有着以人为本的教育理念，推进素质发展。彰显出了教育对一个国家的重要性。作为一个发展中的农业大国，知识的重要性不言而喻了，加强以及投资现代化教育成了现在的一大任务。据有关数据显示，我国的总人口为14亿，而所注册的农村人口就达到了8亿，约占总人口的57%，而农村与城市的人口之比更是达到了4：3。而现在，在一些农村，教育上的细小问题也在慢慢地暴露出来，这些问题不仅大大地限制了农村地区经济的发展，也将孩子们培养学习的兴趣，义务教育制度的实施增添了许多麻烦。而问题所在则是教育资源。教育资源，共分为两种，师资力量资源，以及教育器材资源。师资资源：由于生活环境条件的艰辛，在2010-2013年间，乡村教师的流失量由427万降到了330万，短短的三年内,流失量就达到了5万，流失率高达30%。而这些原因并不是因为工资所造成的，据统计一名乡村教师的月薪可达到4511元，而城市教师的工资只有3500元左右。对此政府为鼓励乡村教师对其提供了许多的福利及政策，如一些城市直接聘请满30年教龄的乡村教师高级教师的荣誉称号。教学设备：在大城市里，眼花缭乱的多媒体教学已经实现了多媒体的教学方式，电子白板几乎普遍出现在学生眼前，在城里孩子眼里已经变得索然无味的电子白板或许在乡村孩子眼里是一个缤纷五彩的新世界。随着时间的推移，各种福利保障制度更加完善，我相信在不远的将来，农村孩子们也会体验到学习的乐趣。王西杰