Category - inequality

Internet ethics groups seeks to bridge global digital divide

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:13:43 +0100

A Geneva-based network that promotes debate on ethical issues has launched a global online library, with more than 1 million documents, to help lessen the "digital divide" between the northern and southern hemispheres.

Keep the Promise Rally: End Child Poverty

Jordan Tchilingirian — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:05:10 +0100

Start: 04/10/2008 - 11:30

Growing up in poverty hurts

1 in 3 children live in poverty in the UK today.
We can see the damage that poverty does to our society and are demanding a better future for all our children.

Church report says the rich benefit from global corruption

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:32:34 +0100

Rich nations are the real beneficiaries of the "boom industry" of global corruption that is making the world's poor even poorer, says a hard-hitting new report from the United Church in Australia. It calls for an end to tax havens.

Latin American and Caribbean faiths meet banks to talk anti-poverty action

agency reporter — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:51:08 +0000

Interfaith leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean have met with officials from three major global multilateral financial bodies to discuss ways of advancing the struggle for the MDGs and against poverty and inequality.

100 Poverty Hearings for Poverty Action Week 2008

Jordan Tchilingirian — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:04:45 +0000

Start: 28/01/2008 - 00:00

End: 03/02/2008 - 00:00

Poverty Action Week will be a major opportunity to for local churches to discover and engage with poverty and social justice issues within their own communities.

Close the pay gap, survey says

Simon Barrow — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:19:55 +0100

People in Britain think that Premiership footballers should be paid a lot less, and that those in service jobs at the bottom of the pay scale should get a good deal more, says a new survey for the Fabian Society.

Huge Russian wealth gap concerns church and civic leaders

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:44:35 +0000

Religious leaders, academics and public officials in Russia have expressed concern about the gap between rich and poor in Russia

US churches challenge Senate to use 2008 budget for social justice

staff writers — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The heads of five American Christian denominations have sent a joint letter to all members of the new Democrat-majority US Congress, calling for a compassionate and just federal budget in 2008.