Tag: Inequality

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Chilean women paid less than men in 2021, study showed

  

  Chilean women earned 21.7% less than men during 2021, according to a study released Thursday.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 23:49 UTC

  UN: women spend more than three times as much time on domestic and care work as men

  

  This March 8, on the occasion of International Women's Day, the UN established the theme “Gender equality today, for a sustainable tomorrow”. In order to “move towards achieving sustainable development, responding to the climate crisis we face, managing and reducing disaster risk and strengthening the resilience of all women, leaving no one behind”.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Falklands economy boasts healthy trade surplus but income inequality increases

  

  The value of goods exported from the Falkland Islands recorded a compound annual growth rate of 8.1% between 2010 and 2019, according to the Falkland Islands Government’s State of the Economy report.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Wealth tax returns twice as much as expected in Bolivia

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Tuesday his country's tax bureau had collected twice as much as originally estimated through the “very rich tax.”

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Oxfam claims IMF's loans during the pandemic have worsen poverty and inequality

  

  The vast majority of International Monetary Fund loans extended during the Covid-19 pandemic have suggested or demanded spending cuts that would worsen poverty and inequality, charity group Oxfam says.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Chilean referendum campaign to amend Pinochet constitution takes off

  

  Braving the pandemic, Chileans begin campaigning on Wednesday for a referendum on amending their dictatorship-era constitution -- for many a symbol of entrenched social and economic inequality.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:50 UTC

  Inequality and coronavirus pushing much of Chile's middle class back to poverty

  

  Middle classes in Chile are going through a complicated moment, with many slipping into poverty as long-established inequality was increased by the coronavirus pandemic and overall slowdown of the economy.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 12:24 UTC

  UN human rights top official criticizes US “police violence” and historic inequalities

  

  Protests in cities across the United States triggered by the killing of George Floyd underscore “police violence” against people of color, and historic inequalities in access to health, education, and jobs, the top United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:57 UTC

  Gap between super rich and the poor at its widest, claims Oxfam

  

  The gap between the super rich and the rest of the world widened last year as wealth continued to be owned by a small minority, Oxfam has claimed. Some 82% of money generated last year went to the richest 1% of the global population while the poorest half saw no increase at all, the charity said.