economic inequalities

Tents have been provided for migrants in Beirut, Lebanon, who no longer have a place to live.
IOM/Muse Mohammed

ILO study finds migrants earn much less than locals, and the gap is widening

14 December 2020
Migrants and Refugees

The gap between wages paid to migrant and national workers is big and growing, and may widen further because of the pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report published on Monday.

Mohamed supports his family by collecting plastic bottles for recycling, in Bangladesh.
UNICEF/Brown

News in Brief 15 April 2019

15 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Tackling poverty, inequality and climate change: ‘We need more money,’ says UN chief
  • ‘Yemen bleeds. It is a tragic place’ Senior UN officials brief Security Council on situation in the country
  • Measles cases up 300 per cent on 2018, constitutes a global crisis
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Mothers with their young children visit a mobile clinic in Asulau, Timor-Leste.
UN Photo/Martine Perret

UN Gender Focus: Reproductive health, Antigua & Barbuda, and Space for Women

20 October 2017
UN Gender Focus

Reproductive health and economic inequalities inextricably linked: UNFPA

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