This week marks the commencement of March Madness, the NCAA’s knockout basketball tournament that’s so captivating it can result in
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#ClothesWithoutLimits aims to empower children, break free of gender stereotypes
MONTREAL – What do you do when you’re shopping for your daughters and everything on the rack is pink and
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Nova Scotia commits to improve supports for black students in school system
HALIFAX, NS – Nova Scotia’s education minister said Monday the government is accepting all 68 recommendations from a report that
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Conakry hairdressers dispense cut-and-dried contraceptive advice to women
Fatoumatah Bah is cornered. Sitting in front of a tinsel-ringed mirror in Miskaa Salon, her head is bent forward, two
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Health Care’s Inequality Problem
One of the underestimated aspects of Obamacare’s impact on the economy is the effect it’s had in driving inequality. Health
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Richest Countries Failing To End Poverty, Inequality: UN
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most of the world’s richest countries failed to earn top marks on their progress
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The 99% Got a Raise Last Year, But Not Enough to Dent Rising Inequality
Here’s the good news After getting short shrift for years after the recession, families in the bottom 99% of earners
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NHS told to do more to ‘reduce health inequalities’
The report, supported by the British Medical Association, says more needs to be done to reduce the health divide between
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Vancouver woman draws inspiration from Oscar winner to promote gender equality
Actress Patricia Arquette inspired many with her acceptance speech addressing gender and pay equality at last month’s Academy Awards, but a Vancouver woman is taking
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How healthcare differs across the UK
Wales: ‘Patients should have access to the same drugs’ Irfon Williams’s voice cracked as he described how he packed his
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Stiglitz: Fed’s Zero-Rate Policy Boosts Inequality
The Federal Reserve’s prolonged policies of near-zero interest rates and asset purchases have further widened the already large gap between the
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Dispatches: The Path to Prosperity Is Blue
HOW can America’s leaders foster broad prosperity? For most Republicans — including Donald J. Trump — the main answer is
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The Ugly Truth About Age Discrimination
“So then the headhunter said something that took my breath away,” said my caller, Philip. “He told me that his
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Tackling health inequalities: Reformers must check the evidence
“The poor are always with us”, and in recent decades the gap between the haves and the have-nots in Britain
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Giving birth in Guinea: a life or death lottery bereft of midwives and medicine
A baby was born, took one breath, then left the world again. No amount of the midwife pumping his legs
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Universities remain a hive of inequality – they must do more to attract the excluded
The higher education sector in England has gone through some major changes in recent years, from the 2012 rise in
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Free education comes at the cost of equality
University students have scored some massive victories since “fees must fall” entered South Africa’s lexicon. They have secured more government
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What Gender Pay-Gap Statistics Aren’t Capturing
In discussions of the gender-pay gap, there’s one counter-argument that comes up a lot: The gap isn’t real, because after
Read moreThe Matter of Social Inequality
The Matter of Social Inequality Once industrialization took place and productivity increased, we have been able to enjoy material abundance.
Read moreGeographical Inequality in China
China is a broad country, with hundreds of thousands of cities. However, there are huge differences between cities along the
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Britain’s divided schools: a disturbing portrait of inequality
The statistics are stark: boys are slipping behind girls in 11 out of 13 learning categories by the age of
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New Spanish Bar Fights Ageism By Only Hiring Waiters Over 50
When you walk into a trendy new bar, you might expect to see inexperienced servers and a hip, youthful atmosphere.
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Pay secrecy lets employers get away with paying women less
It’s International Women’s Day and again we lament the pay gap between men and women. In Australia, the gender pay gap
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Groups Unite Across America to Protest Police Shootings
WASHINGTON — A coalition of black racial-justice organizations started a series of coordinated demonstrations in more than a dozen cities
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The Ace We Need For An Equal Future
If the Australian Open has taught us anything, it’s that athletic performance is priceless. For two weeks every January, fans
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If women want to reduce the gender pay gap, they have to fight for it
Men out-earn women by more than $27,000 a year. That was the finding of Workplace Gender Equality Agency data released this week.
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‘Blacks for sale’ online ad sparks outrage in Brazil
Rio De Janeiro – A shocking ad on one of Latin America’s biggest online marketplaces, offering “blacks for sale for
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Kingston to tackle race inequality with council scorecard
Empowering people is central to our mission and vision in Kingston. We are always looking for new ways to improve
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PAHO launches new commission on link between inequality and health
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that it
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In the modern workplace, age 50 is considered old
Breaking through the glass ceiling is relatively easy. I did it almost 20 years ago. But no one told me
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