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Addressing inequality in education of rural girls
India is no doubt a country of contrasts, the starkest one being in educational attainment. According to the 2009 Right to Education Act, elementary education is free and compulsory for all children from the ages of 6 to 14. All direct costs such as schools fees or indirect costs like […]
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Inequality is Uganda’s Social Challenge
Inequality is a social challenge that exists in every society. There is always inequality among the poor and among the rich. Even in same family if the children are born of rich parents, the children don’t usually inherit the same amount of wealth. Just like there are inter-country inequalities, there […]
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Address Uganda’s Inequality in Education
How do we help everyone in the world to become equal? Is that possible? Yes, but we need to have ambition. Ambition, the desire to change the world, desire to be a better person etc. is not something inherent. Or is it? So how do we help a continent with […]
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China’s Hukou System Furthers Its Educational Inequality
China operates a household registration system, the hukou, which is often times bewildering to foreigners. As outsiders, we often assume that freedom of movement within our country of citizenship is sacrosanct. Domestic migrants in China, however, pay a high price. The recent Economist article about China’s unequal hukou system was correct in […]
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TAFTA | TTIP: No Thank You! That’s Not What a Transatlantic Partnership Means*
This article was written by Alessa Hartmann (German Forum on Environment and Development) and published in the “Transatlantic Colossus“. Abstract: The elimination of tariffs and the harmonization of standards increases economic power and produces wealth for all – this is the fallacy the negotiations between the US and the EU on […]