poverty

  • Hoan works in a farment factory in North Vietnam, where she works on average 62 hours each week, earning around $1 an hour.

    Why the majority of the world’s poor are women

    2 March 2017
  • Domestic workers are able to gain access to education, training and better opportunities for their careers through the National Advocacy Network of the Domestic Workers or Jaringan Advokasi Nasional Pekerja Rumah Tangga. Photo: Andi Cipta Asmawaty/Oxfam

    Inequality in Indonesia: millions kept in poverty

    23 February 2017
  • Aisha is an IDP from Haradh, living with her family in Borman village in Abs district – Hajjah.

    Daily life, a struggle for survival in Yemen

    3 February 2017
  • A boy sits amid scenes of destruction in Macomia town after it was hit by tropical cyclone Kenneth.

    A deadly virus: 5 shocking facts about global extreme inequality

    12 January 2017
  • Canal Doi - Canal Te, District 8, Ho Chi Minh city. Photo: Adam Patterson

    Even It Up: how to tackle inequality in Vietnam

    9 January 2017
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    Tax Battles: the dangerous global race to the bottom on corporate tax

    12 December 2016