Inequality

EU-wide survey on violence, harassment, crime, safety and victims rights

More than one in four Europeans were crime victims of violence and harassment and 22 million were physically attacked in…

4 years ago

COVID-19 global vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’, UN chief warns

António Guterres warns that progress on COVID-19 global vaccinations has been wildly uneven and unfair and UN Security Council will…

4 years ago

MEPs: Minimum wage is a remedy for inequality and in-work poverty

To fight inequality and in-work poverty, MEPs call for a minimum wage, equal labour conditions for platform workers and a…

4 years ago

UN suggest EU social justice ‘at its core’ to fight poverty

The current crisis is the chance for Europe to reinvent itself by placing social justice at its core to win…

4 years ago

EU Parliament calls for action to solve housing crisis

The European Parliament calls on EU countries to act on the housing crisis to invest more in decent homes and…

4 years ago

Home-based workers face greater safety & health risks

The UN’s labour agency (ILO) called for greater recognition and protection for the hundreds of millions of people who work…

4 years ago

EU ban on biometric mass surveillance practices

Across Europe, highly intrusive and rights-violating facial recognition and biometric processing technologies are quietly becoming ubiquitous in our public spaces.…

4 years ago

Top 10 causes of death worldwide. How income harms health?

Since 2000, the largest increase in deaths has been for ischaemic heart disease. Find here in this WHO report the…

4 years ago

Gender equality: Women hold the top Global Finance positions

Promoting gender equality, equal economic independence for women and men and closing the gender pay gap are goals for the…

4 years ago

Pandemic threatens to push more children into Learning Poverty

COVID-related school closures risk pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into learning poverty. Children are unable to read…

4 years ago

The First Amazon Fiscal and Environmental Sustainability Program

The World Bank Board of Directors approved today the US$200 million First Amazon Fiscal and Environmental Sustainability Programmatic DPF. The project…

4 years ago

Equality Union: The first-ever EU strategy on LGBTIQ

European Commission presented the first-ever EU Strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) equality. The EU…

4 years ago

COVID-19 research: The risk of losing your job and income in the EU

The social and economic consequences on losing your job and income due to the pandemic COVID-19 vary across EU countries.…

4 years ago

Pride 2020: Exist, Persist, Resist in COVID times

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on Pride 2020 organisations worldwide. More than 220 pride celebrations around the…

4 years ago

LIVE Hearings: Helena Dalli Commissioner – Equality

LIVE Hearings today with Helena Dalli Commissioner for Equality. Helena Dalli is heard by the Committees on Women's Rights and…

5 years ago

Teachers First at the Second European Education Summit

Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport hosted the second European Education Summit on 26 September 2019. This second edition…

5 years ago

Migration: Global trends in forced displacement

The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018. This is the highest level that…

5 years ago

Debating LGBTI equality in the EU: from 2020 and beyond

LGBTI people Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex continue to suffer from widespread discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes in the…

5 years ago

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