The Covid–19 pandemic is exacerbating inequalities across the globe, potentially undermining economic and political stability. Even prior to the pandemic, inequalities were high and rising in many ...

This graph tells you that the richest 1 percent has captured more than half of income growth during periods of economic expansion in the 21st century. If more people knew that, would they support ...

Dedicated researchers working across our three Faculties. Across the world, and in our own city of Manchester, inequalities exist across food, healthcare, infrastructure and resources. Our researchers ...

Since their emergence, cities acted as major engines of economic and social development. The rising impact of urban life is testified by the 2018 Revision of UN’s World Urbanization Prospect, showing ...

Why have many countries had difficulties reducing inequalities and what must be done to change this? How is gender inequality impacting the SDGs? As UN DESA gathered global experts at a recent meeting ...

A fascinating graph by Colin Gordon for Dissent magazine shows the relationship in the United States between union membership and inequality. A fascinating graph by Colin Gordon for Dissent magazine ...

South Africa's gender pay gap represents one of today's many social injustices as shown by the ILO Global Wage report's 2018/19 interesting statistics. Covering 70 countries and 80% of wage employees ...