Search Results - "economic inequality"

T20 Brasil: Communiqué and implementation roadmaps by CEBRI Rethink Tank, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, Fundacao Alexandre De Gusmao

“…The evermore tangible impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss are compounded by rising international and internal armed conflict, deepening economic inequalities and financial instability, with developing countries, particularly low-income ones, facing persistently high debt levels and shrinking fiscal space. …”
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Identifying climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots can help target investments and make women drivers of climate resilience by Puskur, Ranjitha, Lecoutere, Els

“…"Key Messages - Women in food systems tend to be more negatively impacted by climate risks than men as they are more dependent on agriculture as well as more constrained in responding and adapting to changes in climate because of structural socio-economic inequalities.  - Identifying climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots, where climate hazards converge with large concentrations of women participating in food systems and significant structural gender inequalities, enables allocating scarce resources to most-at-risk populations. - Women’s vulnerability to climate risk is highly contextual; this methodology to identify hotspots can be applied to identify subnational hotspots within countries. - When root causes of women’s excess risk to climate change impacts are addressed, women can be agents of change in building climate resilience."…”
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Social networks, collective organizing, and freedom of association: A qualitative participatory action research study with women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon by Abdulrahim, Sawsan, Adra, May

“…Worldwide, women migrant domestic workers (WMDWs) occupy a weak position in the global economy due to intersections of gender, race, and global economic inequalities. Lebanon hosts more than 250,000 WMDWs who are recruited and employed through the infamous Kafala system that binds a worker to one employer. …”
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Climate, peace and security programming in the Arab States: Considerations for integrated programming in Jordan, Yemen, Iraq and Somalia by Schapendonk, Frans John Adrianus, Jaskolski, Martina, McMurray, Spencer, Farook, Omar, Isayan, Nora

“…Furthermore, climate change can amplify existing social and economic inequalities, which can contribute to instability and unrest. …”
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Nairobi City County Food System Profile by Lamba, Davinder, Omondi, Samuel

“…Growing pollution and environmental degradation, increasing social and economic inequalities, growing competition for land and water resources, and weak or absent agrifood governance structures are some of the key challenges. …”
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Situation of the inclusion of women and young people in agricultural and rural areas in Côte d'Ivoire: Study Report by Yeo, P., Arouna, A., Mobio, A., Kra, G., Mujawamariya, G.

“…Young people are also particularly vulnerable to economic inequalities because of the mismatch between their aspirations and the social norms in force in their community. …”
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Elite domination of Freshwater Canals in Southwest Bangladesh: A Feminist Political Ecology Analysis by Sarker, Mou Rani, Mannan, Fouzia, Rahman, M. Mokhlesur

“…Canal water capture results in food insecurity, lack of dietary diversity, and increases economic inequalities, also resulting in seasonal and longer-term migration of able-bodied men in these locations. …”
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Household socio-economic position and individual infectious disease risk in rural Kenya by Glanville, William A. de, Thomas, Lian F., Cook, Elizabeth A.J., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Wamae, N.C., Kariuki, S., Fèvre, Eric M.

“…Structural adjustments that seek to reduce poverty, and therefore the socio-economic inequalities that exist in this community, would be expected to substantially reduce overall infectious disease burden. …”
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Excluding the marginalized? Exploring the livelihood and inequality implications of herbicide diffusion in eastern India by Mkondiwa, Maxwell, Krishna, Vijesh V., Khed, Vijayalaxmi D.

“…While some are heralded as ‘game changers’ in achieving food sufficiency goals, less research is devoted to understanding whether farmer adoption of these technologies worsens economic inequalities. We hypothesize that the rapid diffusion of laborsaving agricultural technologies could result in a reduction in employment and loss of a key source of livelihood for the nonfarming rural poor, especially women from socially marginalized groups. …”
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Conflict, extremism, resilience and peace in South Asia; can covid-19 provide a bridge for peace and rapprochement? by Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Mitra, Arun, Salman, Afsah, Akbari, Fawad, Dalil, Suraya, Menon, Purnima

“…And although lack of social inclusion and ethnic inequalities have been shown to lead to domestic terrorism,4 economic inequalities and grievances are stronger drivers of rebellion,5 and are particularly relevant in South Asia. …”
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When Water Does not Flow: Elite Capture of Freshwater Canals in Bangladesh by Sarker, Mou Rani, Joshi, Deepa, Mannan, Fouzia, Rahman, M Mokhlesur

“…The outcomes of canal water capture have worsened food security, dietary diversity, and economic inequalities.…”
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From buffet to best-fits: co-identifying and prioritizing best-bet CSA practices for targeting and scaling and Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Abera, Wuletawu, Admassu, Zenebe

“…Climate-smart interventions need also consider local social differences, particularly gender and economic inequalities, to ensure equal benefits for men, women, and marginalized groups and to avoid exacerbating existing discriminations as well as be effective and sustainable. …”
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The converging impact of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and food insecurity in Zambia and South Africa by Bond, Virginia, Chileshe, Mutale, Sullivan, Clare, Magazi, Busisiwe

“…Findings reveal that families experience disease alongside desperate social and economic inequities, with more absolute poverty and a deeper degree and prevalence of food insecurity in rural Zambia. …”
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Visions and Recommendations for By the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) by Czippan, Katalin, Cheryl, Charles, Abd-Alhad, Firas, Abdallah, Aishah, Zavarzin, Aleksey, Pisupati, Balakrishna, Sziva, Daniel, Li, Hanying, Camargo, Luis, Ratiani, Manana, Otieno, Margaret, Garnett, Tommy, Horváth, Zsuzsanna, Kray, Zsuzsanna, Medero, Silvina Laura

“…Several respondents who chose these challenges also selected other challenges that are not so distinctly related to nature issues thus pinpointing associations between the two types such as cause-effect relations. Hence we see economic inequalities, global health crises, poverty and injustice also significantly chosen as top five challenges. …”
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