Tag: inequality

I did not want to choose just one area where inequality matters the most, so I thought we should talk about global inequality. On this Blog Action Day let’s think about how different our lives would be should we have born to some other country where – there is limited or no access to sufficient health care – there is no access to quality education – citizens have no political rights – children are forced to work – girls aren’t allowed to make decisions about their lives etc.

No. 3. of the Millenium Development Goals: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Target 3.A:  Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015 To eliminate gender inequality is one the Millenium Development Goals. Click the picture to learn what has been achieved so far on that front.