Posts Tagged ‘Inequality’
Increased AI automation can worsen gender inequality in the workplace: report
Study by non-profit advocacy group finds that young women are the most vulnerable to being displaced by the tech [SINGAPORE] As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms the economy, women – especially those from Gen Z – are at risk of falling behind in the workplace, raising fears that gender inequalities could deepen. A new Asia-Pacific study…
Read MoreBiggest Tax Refunds Ever in 2026—Critics Warn of Debt, Inequality Fallout
America is being promised something politicians rarely dare to guarantee: more money in your pocket. Not in theory. Not in a 10-year forecast. But real, tangible cash when tax refunds land in 2026. The Trump administration describes it as a ‘feast and a banquet’. Critics, however, warn it’s a sugar rush the country simply cannot…
Read MoreCuba Resurrects Dollar-only Stores, A Symbol Of Inequality
In communist Cuba, some customers are more equal than others, as a 40-year-old math teacher who was out shopping recently in Havana with his son discovered. The pair passed a spanking new shop situated on the ground floor of a luxury hotel in the upmarket Miramar neighborhood. But “we had barely put a foot inside…
Read MoreTunisia Fisherwomen Battle Inequality And Climate Change
Off a quiet Tunisian island, Sara Souissi readies her small fishing boat. As a woman in the male-dominated trade, she rows against entrenched patriarchy but also environmental threats to her livelihood. Souissi began fishing as a teenager in a family of fishers off their native Kerkennah Islands near the city of Sfax, defying men who…
Read MoreSingapore average wealth continues uptrend as inequality surpasses several regional peers: UBS report
AVERAGE wealth among adults in Singapore has steadily increased since the global financial crisis in 2008, but the Republic’s wealth inequality has also risen in the same period and is higher than other markets such as Hong Kong, Indonesia and South Korea. According to the UBS Wealth Report 2024 published on Wednesday (Jul 10), Singapore’s…
Read MoreWealth Inequality High In Asia-Pacific; India Has ‘One Of The Most Unequal Income Distributions’
KEY POINTS The richest 10% in the Asia Pacific region consistently control more than half of the total income, said a new UNDP report India was highlighted in the report for having one of the most unequal income distributions The top 10% of the richest in India get 57% of national income and the top…
Read MoreFed-up Women Players Call Out Rugby Australia ‘Inequality’
The Australian women’s rugby team are fed-up with inquality in the game AFP Australia’s women’s rugby team have slammed Rugby Australia over inequality and lack of investment in the game, highlighting the different treatment afforded to the men’s team, the Wallabies. In a coordinated move, almost every current women’s Test player posted the same statement…
Read MoreGlobal Goals On Fighting Poverty, Inequality ‘In Peril’: UN
The world has still not done enough to improve access to safe drinking water, the United Nations says in a new report AFP The goals the world set to ease extreme poverty, improve access to drinking water and take steps toward sustainable development for all humanity are “in peril,” the United Nations has said in…
Read MoreTackling Inequality Key To Climate Fight – Study
A view of a slum is seen along a seashore in Mumbai, India, November 28, 2019. Picture taken November 28, 2019. Tackling inequality is key to securing the public support needed to overhaul the global economy and reverse climate change, an update to the landmark 50-year-old computer simulation of environmental stress has found. Based on…
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