Subject Guides: Sustainable Development Goals at NSCC: Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

About Goal 10

Goal 10, Reduced Inequalities, aims to reduce inequalities within and among countries. This goal calls for nations to address income inequality by increasing income growth for the bottom 40% of workers, while also addressing social, economic and political inclusion of all individuals regardless of their age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity or religion. 

Learn more about Goal 10

United Nations. (2015, September 16). The sustainable development goals explained: reduced inequalities [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/09pF3-qrpoQ

Resources and Links

The Canadian Facts
The primary factors that shape the health of Canadians are not medical treatments or lifestyle choices but rather the living conditions they experience. These conditions have come to be known as the social determinants of health. This information – based on decades of research and hundreds of studies in Canada and elsewhere – is unfamiliar to most Canadians.

Even it up: Time to end extreme inequality
This report from Oxfam is a stark and timely portrait of the growing inequality
which characterizes much of Africa and the world today.

World Relief: 20 Ways to Learn More About Refugees
A list of books, podcasts, videos and more to help answer your questions about refugees.

Books

From Global Poverty to Global Equality by Pablo Gilabert
A philosophical exploration of some of the central questions in the flourishing debate on global justice: Do we have a duty to help eradicate global poverty? Do we also have a duty to pursue global equality? What makes such demands morally justifiable?
eBook - Global Poverty and Wealth Inequality by Justin Healey
Global income and wealth inequality is on the rise. What are its causes and how can we reduce inequality within and among countries?
Unequal Health by Grace Budrys
Examines the reasons why stark differences in health and well-being persist, even as the health care industry and access to health care grow.

Key Organizations

iDE Canada
Creates income and livelihood opportunities in developing countries around the world.
PREP Academy
A community based non-profit organization that inspires and prepares African Nova Scotian students for college and university.
Rick Hansen Foundation
The mission of the Rick Hansen Foundation is "to create and deliver innovative solutions that lead to a global movement to remove barriers and liberate the potential of people with disabilities."
UN Women
Dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.