Sentences with phrase «global inequality as»

Oxfam said that women workers were worst hit by global inequality as they consistently earn less than men and usually have lower paid and more insecure forms of work.

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The economist, who won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001, points to income inequality as a key consequence for global social unrest.

Byanyima blamed «tax dodging» as a major cause of global inequality and urged leaders to clamp down on tax havens and plough money into education, healthcare and jobs for young people.

«The vast majority of our hosts in Massachusetts, California, Hawaii and across the county are middle class people who depend on home sharing as a way to address economic inequality,» Chris Lehane, head of global policy and communications at Airbnb, said in a statement.

She also cited growing inequality, geopolitics, and a lack of global cooperation as problematic in the longer - term.

Mr. Page, a former Merrill Lynch banker who founded an investment company in New York, Global Energy Capital, drew attention during the summer for a speech in which he criticized the United States and other Western nations for a «hypocritical focus on ideas such as democratization, inequality, corruption and regime change» in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union.

Today, as the global population faces more serious challenges — from resource scarcity to concerns about income inequality and education — companies around the world are committing themselves to creating a profit while also defining their broader contribution to society.

With massive and increasing structural deficits; exploding debt in all sectors; hostile demographics; social and political fracturing and disintegration; grotesque wealth inequality; extraordinary global trade competition; a complete collapse of respect for vital government organizations such as the Justice Department and FBI, which the people now realize have gone rogue; an extremely complex and corrosive global geopolitical environment; the real prospect of war, potentially nuclear and worldwide; not to mention numerous additional factors, we can only point to few other times in history more dangerous to the people's financial welfare, and therefore more overall bullish for gold, one of the only financial sanctuaries proven to work in times of dislocation.

In Pelotas, he coordinates the International Center for Equity in Health, where he carries out cohort studies as well as global reviews of levels and trends of inequalities in maternal and child health.

The Lancet, recently released results of an evaluation of global breastfeeding levels, trends and inequalities, as well as the benefits for both mother and child.

In his first months as Labour leader, Corbyn amassed a team of some of the world's greatest economists: from the most pronounced voices on global inequality to Nobel Prize winners.

It is crucial that the party develops new approaches to deal with the pressing challenges of the early 21st century, such as rising inequality, declining social mobility, global financial chaos and climate change.

Gender inequalities facilitate unequal exchanges at the global level of the coffee exchange, as well as the micro levels, Austin explains in her latest paper, «Brewing Unequal Exchanges in Coffee: A Qualitative Investigation into the Consequences Of The Java Trade In Rural Uganda,» published in the Journal of World - Systems Research.

Discriminations and inequalities (e.g. at the labour market) can be related to different globalisation processes (e.g. global migration processes) as these can be recognised in different regions and continents of the world.

Students are not exempted from the challenges faced by adults, and in their education, they learn about intractable problems such as economic inequality or global climate change.

Lessons, which will promote aims such as «End Poverty» and «Fight Inequality», will take place in schools from Sunday 27th September following the official announcement of the new Global Goals at the UN Summit in New York on Friday 25th September.

One of those directions involved a virtual summer camp on a private island in TSL, where fifteen teens from three countries participated in an interactive, experiential workshop learning about global issues such as economic inequality and the genocide in Darfur.

«As young adults we shouldn't be sheltered from what's going on globally, if we're to do anything to address global inequalities, it's really important that we understand the causes.»

As a researcher, Eva is concerned with social and economic inequality at both global and local levels.

This course covers the emergence of Human Rights Education as a global movement to address persistent social and educational inequalities.

Sassen posits the notion of expulsions as an analytical device that «takes us beyond the more familiar idea of growing inequality as a way of capturing the pathologies of today's global capitalism» (3).

South Africa is used as a starting point for investigating the impact of increased global wealth inequality.

As indicated by the title, the exhibition looks into the future and contemplates the world in the year 2050 with over 70 contemporary works selected to address major themes such as over-consumption, global conflicts, scarcity of natural resources, social and economic inequality and the evolution of mankinAs indicated by the title, the exhibition looks into the future and contemplates the world in the year 2050 with over 70 contemporary works selected to address major themes such as over-consumption, global conflicts, scarcity of natural resources, social and economic inequality and the evolution of mankinas over-consumption, global conflicts, scarcity of natural resources, social and economic inequality and the evolution of mankind.

The exhibition (14 February — 29 July 2018) comprises a site - specific installation of works touching upon subjects ranging from global topics such as migration and inequality to more personal themes such as identity, relationships and happiness.

Much less systematic attention — again in the context of the global climate policy debate (as opposed to domestic debates, where thanks to the environmental justice movement the topic is very much in play)-- has been paid to the problem of inequality within nations.

We focus on the fossil fuel industry because we view the production and consumption of oil, gas and coal as sources of global warming, human rights abuses, war, national security concerns, corporate globalization, and increased inequality.

As inequality scholar Branko Milanovic politely noted in The Haves and the Have - Nots, his excellent 2011 book on global inequality, the super rich don't actually like to be studied.)

The new volume compares ten global problems on a comparative scale, calculating GDP losses for issues such as air pollution, malnutrition, gender inequality, and more.

Mr. Collymore believes that the global business community is a key catalyst to fast - track inclusive economic growth, with the Global Goals being the most effective lens that can drive businesses to see inequalities as business opportunglobal business community is a key catalyst to fast - track inclusive economic growth, with the Global Goals being the most effective lens that can drive businesses to see inequalities as business opportunGlobal Goals being the most effective lens that can drive businesses to see inequalities as business opportunities.

Demographic transformation, the emergence of new centres of economic dynamism, accelerating inequality within and across nations, challenges to the existing social contract by a disillusioned, mobilized citizenry, technological and organizational transformation linking people directly as never before and climate change are all placing the foundations of our world and our global system under unprecedented stress.

Current state - based ideas on organizing rule of law as a mechanism for rule making and enforcement that mitigates inequality, clearly no longer suffice, most certainly at the global level.

A failure to link concerns about rural health inequalities into wider national and global debates about inequality is a missed opportunity, both for raising awareness about the issues at play, as well as for identifying potential solutions.