PATHFINDERS GRAND CHALLENGE
Inequality & Exclusion
Rising inequality and exclusion represent a formidable challenge to fulfilling the goals of the 2030 Agenda and delivering on the motto of Leaving No-One Behind. The Pathfinders’ Grand Challenge on Inequality and Exclusion is a cross-regional alliance of countries, civil society and multilateral partners that are seeking to identify practical and politically viable solutions to meet the targets on equitable and inclusive societies in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Pathfinders aims to generate solutions in policy areas such as political participation; spatial inclusion; social protection; technological change and the future of work; fiscal and macroeconomic reform; tackling racial discrimination and highlighting the links between gender equality and generalized equality.
EVENTS
UNGA
September 2019
During the 2019 UNGA High-level Week, a group of world leaders came together to respond to the UN Secretary-General’s call for a decade of accelerated action for the Sustainable Development Goals by releasing a statement that affirms their commitment to promote equality and inclusion. Countries represented at this event included Sweden, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Spain, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, and Uruguay.
Find an event summary and statement, here.
L-R: Timor-Leste Foreign Minister Dionisio da Costa Babo Soares, Uruguayan delegate, Irish Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) Simon Coveney, Namibian President Hage Geingob, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Tunisian delegate.
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Find our full collection of publications, below.
RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
9 Jun 2021
Digital Equity as an Enabling Platform
for Equality and Inclusion
Policy Brief
6 May 2021
Introducing the Mind-the-Gap Index: A tool to understand urban spatial inequality
Report
13 Apr 2021
Inequality, Lockdown, and COVID-19: Unequal Societies Struggle to Contain the Virus
Policy Brief
2 Mar 2021
Event: Briefing Sessions – Leading the Fight Against Corruption: UNGASS and Beyond
Video
11 Feb 2021
Business as usual is no longer an option — we need to re-think foreign aid policy
Opinion
11 Dec 2020
COVID-19 has a postcode: How urban housing and spatial inequality are shaping the COVID-19 crisis
Report
28 May 2020
Building back better with stockpiles of trust and social capital
Blog
30 Apr 2020
Rallying beneath the banner for May Day
Blog
26 May 2021
Reforming Political Finance for More Diversity in Political Office
Policy Brief
30 Apr 2021
The Way We Voluntarily Pay Taxes
Policy Brief
7 Apr 2021
The scholars enabling inclusive local decision-making in Tunisia
Blog
24 Feb 2021
The youth leaders combatting poverty and exclusion from within
Blog
18 Jan 2021
Technology and the Future of Work
Policy Brief
19 Oct 2020
*Draft* Introducing the Mind-the-Gap Index: A tool to understand urban spatial inequality
Policy Brief
19 May 2020
Public Opinion, Trust, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Part One – Public Opinion, Trust, and COVID-19
Policy Brief
22 Apr 2020
COVID-19: The Case for Reducing Energy Subsidies Now
Blog
26 May 2021
Mind the (Funding) Gap! Reflections on Political Finance to Promote Inclusive Democracy
Blog
14 Apr 2021
More equal societies are better placed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
Blog
23 Mar 2021
Event: Tackling Gender Inequality Through a Care Economy
Video
24 Feb 2021
The advocate championing citizen action and organizing to enable change
Blog
12 Jan 2021
Flagship Policies to Combat Inequality and Exclusion (Consultation Draft)
Policy Brief
20 Aug 2020
How COVID-19 will hasten innovation in social protection
Blog
19 May 2020
Public Opinion, Trust, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Part Two – Trust, Inequality, and COVID-19 in Low-Income Countries
Policy Brief
18 May 2021
Solidarity Taxes in the Context of Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
Policy Brief
14 Apr 2021
UK struggled to contain Covid pandemic due to rife inequalities, report suggests
In The News
8 Mar 2021
Our ‘soldiers’ are not only in the military – key workers face risks for us too
Opinion
22 Feb 2021
Recognizing Communities: Local Level Responses to the Pathfinders Grand Challenges (Updated report)
Report
18 Dec 2020
The Just Transition in Energy
Policy Brief
3 Jun 2020
From COVID-19 to Shared Prosperity
Blog
1 May 2020
How Much Lockdown is Enough?
Policy Brief