The Covid–19 pandemic is exacerbating inequalities across the globe, potentially undermining economic and political stability. Even prior to the pandemic, inequalities were high and rising in many ...

This graph tells you that the richest 1 percent has captured more than half of income growth during periods of economic expansion in the 21st century. If more people knew that, would they support ...

The Council convened in New York at a time of growing concern that governance, economic, and social crises are undermining the world’s capacity to respond to current and future disease outbreaks.

Candidates in last week’s Republican debate didn’t mention economic inequality as an important national concern. But Democratic primary candidate Bernie Sanders has put the issue at the center of his ...

Why have many countries had difficulties reducing inequalities and what must be done to change this? How is gender inequality impacting the SDGs? As UN DESA gathered global experts at a recent meeting ...

As the Paris Agreement on climate change is about to enter into force on 4 November 2016, don’t miss the opportunity to discuss climate change resilience and how this can help reduce inequalities in ...