Charities often promote the benefits of child sponsorship. However, the practice perpetuates damaging patterns of thinking.
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Child sponsorship is often billed as a significant way of improving children’s lives. However, sponsorship is based on narratives that fail to address the role of rich countries in global poverty.
Women have been slow to recover their lost ground in the workforce compared to men.
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The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated social and economic inequality for women. Women have lost ground in the workforce and have been slower to return to work than men.
Internally displaced people from the Dinka ethnic group at the Minkamman camp in South Sudan in 2014.
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In 2018, Africa accounted for 70% of the world’s people displaced by armed conflict and human rights abuses.
Canada’s Latinx community is growing fast. That signals a greater need for Latinx studies at Canadian universities.
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As Latin American communities continue to grow, universities must teach students about Latin America and Latinx communities in interdisciplinary ways.
Economic well-being is crucial to population health.
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Lockdown measures may stop the spread of the virus. But they can also lead to a larger and more protracted public health crisis in the form of deprivation and hunger.
Outgoing Lesotho prime minister Moeketsi Majoro, right, hands over the national flag as the symbol of passing power to his successor, Sam Ntsokoane Matekane, on 28 October 2022.
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The new coalition government must act quickly to address the kingdom’s massive socio-economic problems, and restore faith in democracy.
Elon Musk is the world’s wealthiest person.
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The United States has more economic inequality than other wealthy nations.
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Poorer Australians have shorter life expectancies and are more likely to live with long-term health conditions than their wealthier peers.
Political activities on the University of the Witwatersrand campus in 1959.
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The 1986 research revealed that a large proportion of the community members surveyed thought that Wits served mainly white, corporate interests.
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Review chaired by Peter Shergold found that while the pandemic affected us all, its “burden was not shared equally”.
The financial strain many have faced during the pandemic will be compounded by the cost of living crisis.
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If governments fail to take action, the cost of living crisis will worsen the impact of the pandemic this winter, and vice versa.
A South African street vendor awaits customers. The country has some of the highest inequality in the world.
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An unfunded expansion of the social transfer system could lead to even worse economic outcomes — the medicine should not be worse than the disease.
Ian resulted in the deaths of at least 44 people in Florida and tens of billions of dollars in damage.
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Research on Hurricane Harvey found that flood insurance and strong social networks were key factors in determining how quickly people recovered, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Is it time to find new language to describe racial disparities in education?
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Two education researchers say one of the most widely used terms in school reform debates should be retired because of its potential to do more harm than good.
Protesters and police clash during a march against illegal immigrants in South Africa.
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Scapegoating immigrants will not result in significantly improved healthcare service provision, reduced crime or less unemployment.
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The first interim report of the Commission’s five-yearly productivity inquiry glosses over inequity.
People trained in the informal sector are equally skilled or better than those who attended formal training.
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Skills training in Zimbabwe excludes students from poor backgrounds. The informal sector should be used as a training ground for them.
Best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich in a 2005 photo.
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The author, who died Sept. 1, 2022, inspired countless researchers to probe the injustices working people face.
Members of the Forward Marching Band perform at a HONK! Festival in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Oct. 7, 2017.
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Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.
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Universities must help this cohort of students transition into higher education.