CYPF Amendment Bill must provide better for children – CPAG
More must be done to improve services for children in order to fulfil Government’s stated commitment to the United Nations…
inequality
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Inequality kills
The Oxfam report says that just 62 people own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population. This number has fallen from 388 five years ago. The wealth of those 62 people increased by 44% in those five years to US$1.76 trillion. The rich are certainly getting richer.
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Why relative poverty matters too
In New Zealand, as in most developed countries, poverty is measured relative to 60% of the weekly median income. The question remains: why measuring relative poverty matters when it does not necessarily relate to hardship the way absolute poverty does.