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I want to share some of what @DarrickHamilton spoke about @wef #DavosAgenda yest, at a session on the #InequalityVirus w/@Oxfam.
Its a message that needs to be but is rarely ever heard on the global stage.
From economic rights to race to narrative to art to authoritarianism.
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Its a message that needs to be but is rarely ever heard on the global stage.
From economic rights to race to narrative to art to authoritarianism.
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Big theme: we "need to move and transition towards economic rights".
"Civil and political aspects of human rights have been ingrained in our public psyche but at least as important are economic rights." @DarrickHamilton
"Civil and political aspects of human rights have been ingrained in our public psyche but at least as important are economic rights." @DarrickHamilton
A bit more on this here, recalling FDR in 1944 proposing constitutional amendments to guarantee economic rights (never adopted).
FDR "died before he could begin a national movement to enshrine these economic rights as a constitutional commitment" prospect.org/economy/econom…
FDR "died before he could begin a national movement to enshrine these economic rights as a constitutional commitment" prospect.org/economy/econom…
What's driving the Inequality crisis? There's a variety of intersecting issues but here in this thread are five key systems that cause this crisis, we'll focus on one a day over the course of the week.
#FightInequality #InequalityVirus
#WEF21
#FightInequality #InequalityVirus
#WEF21
1. PATRIARCHY
Sexist patriarchal attitudes & norms place the needs of men first. Those ten millionaires that have gained half a TRILLION DOLLARS since the pandemic started. Any of them women??
Of course not!
Sexist patriarchal attitudes & norms place the needs of men first. Those ten millionaires that have gained half a TRILLION DOLLARS since the pandemic started. Any of them women??
Of course not!
Globally, women are overrepresented in low-paid precarious professions that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. If women were represented at the same rate as men in these sectors, 112 million women would no longer be at high risk of losing their incomes or jobs.
We risk seeing the biggest rise in inequality *since records began*
The world's 10 richest billionaires -all men- are over *half a trillion* dollars richer since March
This ain't a drill. New @Oxfam report out now as Davos kicks off
Bloomberg👇. THREAD bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The world's 10 richest billionaires -all men- are over *half a trillion* dollars richer since March
This ain't a drill. New @Oxfam report out now as Davos kicks off
Bloomberg👇. THREAD bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Those ten billionaires? That's half a trillion RICHER since March. They were already immensely rich
Half a TRILLION you ask? That's more than enough to pay for a COVID19 vaccine for us all and to ensure *no one's* pushed into poverty by the pandemic cbsnews.com/news/oxfam-bil…
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Half a TRILLION you ask? That's more than enough to pay for a COVID19 vaccine for us all and to ensure *no one's* pushed into poverty by the pandemic cbsnews.com/news/oxfam-bil…
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At the bottom, a profoundly different story.
The data shows it could take *more than a decade* for *billions of the world’s poorest people* to recover from the pandemic's economic hit.
It's people struggling to pay the bills, put food on the table edition.cnn.com/2021/01/24/eco…
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The data shows it could take *more than a decade* for *billions of the world’s poorest people* to recover from the pandemic's economic hit.
It's people struggling to pay the bills, put food on the table edition.cnn.com/2021/01/24/eco…
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BREAKING: #Coronavirus pandemic profits for companies soar by billions more as the world's poorest people pay price. 🚨
👉🏾👉🏿👉🏼 oxf.am/3iezJLl
#InequalityVirus
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#InequalityVirus
As the #COVID19 pandemic hits 6 months, close to a million people have lost their lives.
And the economic fallout has been devastating too: 400 million jobs lost & half a billion people expected to be pushed into poverty.
But not everyone is losing out.
oxf.am/cashing-in-on-…
And the economic fallout has been devastating too: 400 million jobs lost & half a billion people expected to be pushed into poverty.
But not everyone is losing out.
oxf.am/cashing-in-on-…
Jeff Bezos could personally pay each of @amazon’s 876,000 employees a one-off bonus of more than $100,000 - and still be as wealthy as he was at the beginning of the pandemic.
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#COVID19 #InequalityVirus
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#COVID19 #InequalityVirus
Women are working and worrying more, while earning and sleeping less.
New survey report out today 👉🏾 oxf.am/3hWS4gl
#InequalityVirus #HowICare
New survey report out today 👉🏾 oxf.am/3hWS4gl
#InequalityVirus #HowICare
The #coronavirus care workload continues to fall disproportionately on women – particularly those from ethnic & racial minorities, those living in poverty and in communities without access to basic infrastructure and services.
oxf.am/2Y9sFYL
#HowICare
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#HowICare
Women do more care work in every country across the globe because of a lack of investment in public services, a labor market that ignores people’s care needs, and harmful stereotypes that consider care work to be women’s work and less skilled or valuable than paid work. #HowICare
Close to half of women are feeling more anxious, depressed, isolated, overworked or ill because of increased unpaid care work caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
New survey out today 👉🏾 oxf.am/2Y9sFYL
with @MenCareGlobal @Promundo_US
#InequalityVirus #HowICare
New survey out today 👉🏾 oxf.am/2Y9sFYL
with @MenCareGlobal @Promundo_US
#InequalityVirus #HowICare
The #coronavirus care workload continues to fall disproportionately on women – particularly those from ethnic & racial minorities, those living in poverty and in communities without access to basic infrastructure and services. oxf.am/2Y9sFYL #HowICare
Women do more care work in every country across the globe because of a lack of investment in public services, a labor market that ignores people’s care needs, and harmful stereotypes that consider care work to be women’s work and less skilled or valuable than paid work. #HowICare
G20 announces debt moratorium: "An important move but far more needs to be done to rise to this moment of unprecedented need and save millions of lives." oxf.am/3ahMsIx #COVID19 #CancelTheDebt 1/3
For instance, profits from a sale of @IMFNews gold reserves could reach $20 billion - that alone would more than cover multilateral debt payments owed this year by the poorest countries.
#coronavirus #CancelTheDebt 2/3
#coronavirus #CancelTheDebt 2/3
"Debt forgiveness is crucial. That is why it is urgent to permanently cancel 2020 debt payments due rather than having them simply suspended." - @nadiadaar
aljazeera.com/ajimpact/coron… #InequalityVirus #CancelTheDebt 3/3
aljazeera.com/ajimpact/coron… #InequalityVirus #CancelTheDebt 3/3
