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inequality is obese
World Obesity Day is celebrated on March 4, one of the main global public health crises and scourges. Obesity is a persistent problem that in recent decades has acquired pandemic…
Fight against gender inequality at lowest ebb in 20 years, but Belgium scores well | Abroad
On average, women in the surveyed economies can only enjoy 77 percent of the legal rights that men have, the institution writes in the report ‘Women, Business and the Law…
COLUMN. Yes, politics is still making decisions. The agreement on the covered wagons is groundbreaking and helps to eradicate a vengeful inequality | John Segers
Columnist Jan Segers opposes the perception that Belgian politics is no longer making decisions. “Proof that major agreements are still possible in Belgium across the boundaries of majority and opposition,…
Dalia Gutmann: “I see inequality and total disorganization”
With “a show where all you have to do is have a good time”, Dahlia Gutman returns to the Maipo theater on Saturdays in January and February at 9:00 p.m.…
Selection in medicine actually creates more inequality of opportunity
Since 2017, a place in studies such as medicine or dentistry is no longer drawn by lot, but selected. Education editor Patricia Veldhuis sees that this leads to lectures with…
Extra attention for inequality between men and women in the labor market with social dialogue | News item
News item | 14-11-2022 | 09:32 Women in the Netherlands earn on average 13 percent less per hour than male colleagues. This wage difference has only slowly narrowed in recent…
Column | Inflation inequality – NRC
Will real inflation please stand up? A CPB economist made this joke about the figures of the CBS. Don’t run away, dear readers. In the official and economic Netherlands, they…
“Governments have exacerbated explosion of economic inequality since pandemic”
Rich and low-income countries have exacerbated the explosion in economic inequality since the outbreak of the corona pandemic. The governments of those countries have cut spending on health, education and…
Rapper Etta, 25, admits that she is a mother-in-law – in an industry with gender inequality
Etta can be called one of the most successful Finnish female rappers. The journey to the top of the album charts has not been straightforward, but it has included difficult…
Cabinet strengthens MBO, with major role for combating inequality of opportunity | News item
News item | 15-07-2022 | 4:00 pm The government is investing in strengthening vocational education. This mainly concerns increasing equality of opportunity, better linking education to the labor market and…