Topic: Inequality
Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic
Blog / 30th November 2021If we do not want COVID-19 to continue exacerbating the colonial world order, we need change - starting with an intellectual property waiver, says Fatima Hassan for Al Jazeera.
Carbon emissions of richest 1% set to be 30 times the 1.5°C limit in 2030
Report / 8th November 2021The carbon footprints of the richest 1 per cent of people on Earth are set to be 30 times greater than the level compatible with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement in 2030, according to new research.
Global manifesto for public services
Article / 26th October 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has cast into stark relief the consequences of decades of privatisation and commercialisation of essential public services. Join the growing movement to build public services as part of a just recovery.
Entrenched inequality condemns the poor for generations, UN expert says
Report / 22nd October 2021Poverty and privilege continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles, driven by unacceptable levels of inequality. But with political will, we can break these cycles, says UN poverty expert Olivier De Schutter in a new report.
Rush for new profits posing threat to human rights, UN experts warn
Report / 22nd October 2021The finance industry’s demand for new sources of capital worldwide to satisfy investors, is having a serious negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights, a group of UN-appointed independent rights experts have warned.
Demanding justice beyond rhetoric
Report / 30th September 2021The latest Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021 report argues that it's time to overcome contradictions and hypocrisy in the COVID-19 crisis. Published by Social Watch et al.
More than 100 countries face spending cuts as Covid worsens debt crisis, report warns
Report / 24th September 2021More than 100 countries face cuts to public spending on health, education and social protection as the Covid-19 pandemic compounds already high levels of debt, a new report says.
New report shows leading Covid-19 vaccine pharma companies fuelling unprecedented human rights crisis
Report / 24th September 2021Six companies at the helm of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out are fuelling an unprecedented human rights crisis through their refusal to waive intellectual property rights and share vaccine technology.
Wartime fiscal measures on the pandemic profiteers could raise enough money to buy vaccines for everyone and fund for the recovery
Blog / 16th September 2021Outrageous profits have been made by the extremely rich during the pandemic. They need to show shared sacrifice and solidarity by rallying behind the rest of the world, writes Anthony Kamande.
As rich-poor divide widens between nations, UN urges reform
News / 16th September 2021A new report from the United Nations highlights divergent economic recoveries between nations and throws fresh urgency behind warnings that richer nations are not doing enough to help poorer countries from falling further behind as the world recovers from COVID-19 disruptions.