Reading any Closing the Gap report is a sombre affair, and the most recent data was no different. The latest report released by the Productivity Commission makes for a sobering but unsurprising ...

In 2023/24, we continued to see how some people face inequalities in care and treatment because of their protected characteristics. We found attempts by services to address these inequalities varied.

Demonstrators have taken to the streets across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas to mark International Women’s Day, with many demanding an end to gender-based violence and inequality.

Respect for human rights is closely intertwined with addressing poverty and extreme inequality. Human Rights Watch research exposes how people experiencing poverty are often more vulnerable to ...

How do inequality and health relate? Increasing evidence from scientists the world over indicates that many health outcomes — everything from life expectancy to infant mortality and obesity — can be ...

We also need to focus on how societies predistribute our wealth. The redistribution impulse rests on the notion that we can use steeply graduated tax rates to ease the inequality our market economies ...