Inequality

CHICAGO, Ill. – Yesterday, the American Medical Association (AMA) apologized for its past history of racial inequality toward African-American physicians, and shared its current efforts to increase the ranks of minority physicians and their participation in the AMA. In 2005, the AMA convened and supported an independent panel of experts to study the history of the racial divide in organized medi

For the past few decades, Brazil has been one of the most unequal countries in the hemisphere and the world, due to the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few. But experts say this trend is changing.   According...

Akhirnya harga BBM naik dengan didukung dalih pemerintah yang memberikan bantuan langsung tunai (BLT) sebagai upaya mengurangi dampak bagi kelompok masyarakat yang miskin dan hampir miskin. Ada yang dilupakan dari kebijakan ini, yaitu dampaknya kepada keadilan gender. Kenapa isu ini menjadi penting? Tidak dapat dipungkiri bahwa persoalan gender masih membelit masyarakat kita. Isu gender sering kal

The horrifying violence against foreigners that has left at least 50 dead in South Africa is a disturbing omen of instability on the African continent.Like Kenya, which experienced even more extensive violence this year, South Africa is an emerging economic and political model for neighboring countries. Unrest and bloodshed inside either of those nations bodes poorly for stability elsewhere.The So

Why is it that female dominated professions seem to have more promenent men at the top than women? Teachers, social workers, belly dancers, psychics are mainly women, but if there is a man in the bunch, you can almost bet that he has more visibility and makes more money than the woman. What's up with that? Is it the novelty issue? If there is a man teacher, he must be "special" or sensitive or some other quality that makes him more attractive than a female? Or does it have to do with the fact that men have no children, so they are more likely to be promoted? I don't begrudge men their success, but I don't get why they make up so little of a given population yet stand out as the leaders. If women dominate a profession in the lower ranks, I'd expect to see more of them at the top as well. I don't get it.

By DAVID DIZONThe Philippines continues to bridge the gap in gender inequality, ranking sixth in the world in providing equal opportunities for women according to the latest World Economic Forum gender gap index.The WEF gender gap index showed that Filipino women have achieved equality in educational attainment, healthy life expectancy and improving opportunities for skilled women professionals. The country's scores on political empowerment also improved further as well as other economic indicators such as estimated income, labor force participation and income equality for similar work.The Philippines was the lone Asian country to join the list of Top 10 nations that provide equal opportunities for women. At least five Nordic countries entered the Top 10 including Sweden (1), Norway (2), Finland (3), Iceland (4) and Denmark (8).The WEF index showed that most Filipinas get married at the age of 24 and have an average of three children.Nearly half of married Filipino women (49%) use con

For the second year BROOD joins the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) in standing out and speaking out against poverty. This is in response to our commitment to the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal #1 to Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger. BROOD member attendees includes Seifer, Megz, Jackie, Jabez, Shen, Inkz, DJ, Quicksilver and Publius. Zabra Siwa of PeaceTech Inc. was also there. DJ performed in behalf of BROOD and sang his rendition of Ikaw by Martin Nievera. BROOD also had a booth in the said event where we offer a freedom wall for posing messages against poverty dubbed as Mensahe Laban sa Kahirapan . An entrepreneurship opportunity was also provided with Seifer coordinating with FIrst Food Link for the cart, food and leaflets to be given away. Flyers and sign-up shetts as well as pictures of different activities of the organization were also given and exhibited. The organization also express its unity by joining the banner march

The super-rich are gobbling up an ever larger piece of the economic pie, and the poor are seeing their share of earnings shrink. New data showing the top 1 percent of Americans are claiming a larger share of national income than at any time since before the Great Depression.read more | digg story

The record-breaking economic boom of the 1990s has left Americans more polarized and debt-ridden,researchers found. A rising tide has lifted the yachts to tremendous heights, but many Americans are still bailing out their boats after decades of sinking real wages.Ten years ago, there were 66 billionaires and 31.5 million people living below the poverty line in this country. Today, the United States has 268 billionaires and 34.5 million people living below the official poverty line -- about $13,000 for a three-person family.In 2007 economic inequality is rampant in America. The top 1 percent of households has more wealth than the entire bottom 95 percent combined.The situation is much worse than it was a quarter-century ago: Since 1977, the top 1 percent has doubled its share of the nation's wealth to 40 percent.Currently, the people on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans "have about as much wealth as the 50 million households in the bottom half of the population."Think and

Dick Cheney is at it again. This time, the Washington Post highlights the vice president’s history of undermining environmental regulations to help big business. Au revior, M. Blair! Prime Minister Tony Blair passed off the title to the new Labour Party leader (as of Monday) Gordon Brown. Fearing student riots, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy is delaying a bill that would require all French universities to charge higher tuition. The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal offer differing opinions on India’s caste system and its role in India’s booming economy and high-tech industry. Is “developmentalism” the twenty-first century’s fascism?: Foreign Policy’s current issue explores the Ideology of Development. It’s Round Two for the Senate Immigration Bill. In an effort to curb inflation, Zimbabwe’s government is imposing new legislation, which “would mandate that a 51 percent stake in the companies be transferred t

-in edexcel's unit 5 june 2003, there was one question asking how NMW is effective in tackling poverty while the other question asked if income distribution in the UK has become more equal. since passage is on NMW, for the second part do we have to talk about NMW's effect on income distribution - but isn;t that the same as its effect on relative poverty?, as in the first question. From what

In this essay I looked at: Whether economic growth reduces relative poverty and inequality.It is a controversial subject and there have been numerous studies examining this issue in both developed countries and developing countries.Another controversial question is whether income inequality matters Does it Matter if Economic Growth does not reduce Income Inequality? <!--[if !supportEmptyParas

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TAP has a great Q&A with Bruce Western, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, who wrote Punishment And Inequality in America. The book (and interview) specifically look at the effect that the American prison system has on the young black male population. The current prison/criminal justice system is broken. This country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other country in the world. Among those who are incarcerated, minorities, and specifically black males, are disproportionately represented. Many would think that this would correlate to an idea that blacks commit more crimes, but this is not necessarily true, at least at the rates they are imprisoned. The biggest problem is that few want to really do something about a broken justice system for fear that they may be see as "not tough on crime." On top of that, the population most affected - young black males - currently has little voice into the political world where change could occ