Etiket: inequality
What tipping tells us about inequality
May is the time when the terraces come to life, when many people start to frequent local cafes and local shops again. Families, citizens and tourists are once again wandering…
Oxfam Report | Income inequality is increasing in countries aided by the IMF and the World Bank
(Washington) Income inequality has increased in more than 60% of countries currently under aid programs from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), sometimes reaching United Nations…
Inequality in Canada is underestimated
In Canada, income inequality is underestimated, a new study reveals. Even if they are attenuated by the effect of taxes and state aid, we should not simply “marvel” at the…
A source of social inequality, illiteracy affects 15% of the French population, according to the latest INSEE report
In 2021, 15.4% of the French population (excluding Mayotte) was in a situation of illectronism, according to an INSEE study published on Thursday. They find it difficult or unable to…
Philippines: A climate war between corruption and social inequality
At the door of her house, in a modest neighborhood of Pasay, one of the cities that make up the greater Manila region, Jane Lappay had a generous smile a…
School diversity: inequality of opportunity?
Clément Viktorovitch returns each week to the debates and political issues. Sunday May 21: school co-education. The Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, presented this week the second part of…
School diversity: inequality of opportunity?
Clément Viktorovitch returns each week to the debates and political issues. Sunday May 21: school co-education. The Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, presented this week the second part of…
[Éditorial] Official languages, real inequality
The Trudeau government presented its new Action Plan for Official Languages 2023-2028 even before Bill C-13 was passed, which gives the current Official Languages Act some teeth. This plan renews…
Make way for readers | The taboo of boys’ educational inequality
Yves Boisvert’s text on the taboo of boys’ educational inequality, published on April 23 in the Context notebook, has aroused many comments. Here is an overview of the emails received.…
The taboo of boys’ educational inequality
Governments are putting a lot of effort into promoting girls into science fields. But they are silent in the face of a serious problem, write three researchers: the under-education of…
Social origin and gender are the most determining factors of inequality of opportunity
“The place where one grows up and especially the migratory ancestry play much less”, according to the general commissioner of France Strategy. Article written by Posted on 06/04/2023 10:50 Update…
A plan to sustainably reduce poverty and social inequality
We are a collective of foundations that brings together 17 philanthropic foundations mobilized around a common concern for inequalities in Quebec, and driven by a desire to help reduce them.…
The fight against gender inequality is at its lowest in 20 years, according to the World Bank
The institution has studied all the texts voted or implemented in 190 countries in 2022 to reduce inequalities between women and men. Article written by Posted on 02/03/2023 17:35 Update…
The counter-attack of elected officials on the Riviera after accusations of inequality in subsidies
A few days later, the counter-attack. At the beginning of the week, elected officials from the west of the Alpes-Maritimes criticized the PACA Region unfair treatment in the payment of…
According to Oxfam | Government inaction on inequality is ‘shocking’
(London) The inaction of governments in the face of inequalities which have worsened sharply since the pandemic is “shocking”, denounces the NGO Oxfam in a report published on Tuesday. Posted…
International AIDS Conference | Progress made in a decade could be jeopardized by inequality
(Montreal) The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday at the international AIDS conference in Montreal that growing inequalities could reverse a decade of progress in the…
“There is a territorial inequality of citizens and canteens vis-à-vis organic”
In the kitchens of the Nancy University Hospital, Tuesday March 15, a good smell of cream escapes. Julien Fabbro, catering manager, guides us from one pot to another: “We are…
Inequality Report | Getting richer, getting poorer…
A new report reveals abysmal inequalities between the richest and poorest people on the planet. Oxfam advocates for a wealth tax. Posted at 5:00 a.m. Jean-Christophe Laurence The Press Forget…
Africa, illustration of the vaccine inequality that feeds the pandemic
“If we put an end to inequality (vaccine), we can end the pandemic. If we allow this inequality to persist, we allow the pandemic to continue “, launched on December…
Africa, illustration of the vaccine inequality that feeds the pandemic
“If we put an end to inequality (vaccine), we can end the pandemic. If we allow this inequality to persist, we allow the pandemic to continue “, launched on December…