UNDERSTANDING INEQUALITIES: LINK TO POVERTY
Carolina Azevedo of the UN Development Program states: “Surprisingly, when I asked the
group of New York City girls and boys from different cultural backgrounds what they thought poverty meant, they answered, in this order:
“Not having a proper house.”
“Not having a proper school.”
“Not having enough to eat.”
“In some places girls can’t go to school.” [A boy actually said that.]
“An earthquake hit my country and people lost everything.” [Child’s parents are from Nepal]
“Not having enough money.”
Note that only the last child mentioned money or income.” http://on.undp.org/2BH
“Feeding the hungry is among our society’s most fundamental obligations, but we should also question why our neighbors are without nutritious food to eat. Housing the homeless is an imperative, but we should also question why our housing markets are so distorted. As a nation, we need more investment in education, but not without questioning educational disparities based on race, class and geography.” Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation
- 2016 Civil Society Declaration on Inequalities: Civil Society Declaration 2016
- Certain countries have volunteered to present the first national reviews of the SDG at the UN in July 2016. Is your country among them? http://bit.ly/1WfvH49
- Beatitudes (Blessings) for Justice Builders by Lindi Ramsden www.uua.org/worship/words/blessing/beatitudes-justice-builders
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