Inequality Kills: Action needed to combat inequality in the wake of COVID-19
Background media: To our left is a picture of luxury super yachts parked in a marina of turquoise water against orange and yellow old buildings and hills of with trees and mansions. To our right is a portrait of a woman looking straight holding her sleeping baby against a desolate, desert background.
The wealth of the world's 10 richest men has doubled since the pandemic began. The incomes of 99% of humanity are worse off because of COVID-19.
Widening economic, gender, and racial inequalities — as well as the inequality that exists between countries — are tearing our world apart.
Our report shows this is not by chance, but choice. It details how "economic violence" is perpetrated when structural policy choices are made for the richest and most powerful people.
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Oxfam
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