Gender Inequality

5 shocking facts about inequality, according to Oxfam’s latest report

Three businessmen walk past a labourer resting on a bicycle along a street in Beijing December 17, 2007. China, obsessed with maintaining stability, is grappling with an acknowledged rise in social unrest, sparked by anger at a growing rich-poor divide, official corruption, pollution and land grabs without proper compensation. The government is determined to keep such problems under control ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA) - GM1DWVHZEXAA

Huge gaps between the rich and the poor are a global reality Image: REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA) - GM1DWVHZEXAA

Kate Whiting
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