Inequality
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Worries over whether women are doing their ‘fair share’ has a clear impact on their health, according to a new analysis
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Leah Green explores the struggles that arise across the globe when deciding who does which chores
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Women in developed countries have historically outlived men. But the life expectancy gender gap is closing -
As US studies reveal worrying disparities in trauma treatment based on patient ethnicity, one surgeon urges more research into inequalities in UK emergency care -
In half of US states, there is no legal minimum age for marriage; a 40-year-old man can, in theory, marry a five-year-old girl. We meet the former child brides campaigning for change
Pictures and video
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Jacinda Ardern and Justin Trudeau take questions from young Londoners on gender equality and how to bring about change in society
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Darren McGarvey tells the Guardian columnist he has enjoyed Jeremy Corbyn shaking up politics in the UK
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Veronica G Cardenas photographed life on the freight train where Central Americans band together to make the brutal 20-day journey through Mexico
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The 276 monuments marking the US-Mexico border were erected in 1848. David Taylor, an Arizona-based artist and professor, photographed them all
Income inequality
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Take-home pay is one-fifth of the disposable income enjoyed by people in west London -
The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an extraordinary disparity – with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1 -
Petrochemical firm Ineos founder knocks Hinduja brothers from top spot in Sunday Times Rich List
Comment
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In equal societies, citizens trust each other and contribute to their community. This goes into reverse in countries like ours, say Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, the authors of The Inner Level -
Publicly funded art is still dominated by a privileged elite who fail to engage the majority of the population -
Age inequality
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After rent and student loan debt, people my age struggle to eat, let alone put away a few hundred grand for our old age, says Guardian columnist Poppy Noor
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Heather Stewart is joined by Torsten Bell, Iman Amrani and Sonia Sodha to discuss proposals for addressing the growing wealth gap between Britain’s young and old and older generations -
Resolution Foundation proposes ‘citizen’s inheritance’ to help redistribute wealth to young -
Proposals from the Resolution Foundation, including a £10,000 citizen’s inheritance, are bold – but will politicians heed outside advice?
'Dehumanising, impenetrable, frustrating': the grim reality of job hunting in the age of AI