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.
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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
The youth leaders combatting poverty and exclusion from within
Blog
Technology and the Future of Work
Policy Brief
*Draft* Introducing the Mind-the-Gap Index: A tool to understand urban spatial inequality
Policy Brief
Public Opinion, Trust, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Part One – Public Opinion, Trust, and COVID-19
Policy Brief
COVID-19: The Case for Reducing Energy Subsidies Now
Blog
Food for Thought – Talking Points on Food Prices
Policy Brief
Ethiopia and SDG16+ — Reflections from a Pathfinders country visit
Blog
A Regional Agenda on Inequality and Exclusion: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean
Blog
The advocate championing citizen action and organizing to enable change
Blog
Flagship Policies to Combat Inequality and Exclusion (Consultation Draft)
Policy Brief
How COVID-19 will hasten innovation in social protection
Blog
Public Opinion, Trust, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Part Two – Trust, Inequality, and COVID-19 in Low-Income Countries
Policy Brief
COVID-19 and Community Responses
Policy Brief
Solidarity in the Time of Corona
Blog
How to Tackle Inequality: Lessons From Mexico’s Successful Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage
Blog
The Power of Unusual Allies in Winning the Argument on Inequality
Blog
Recognizing Communities: Local Level Responses to the Pathfinders Grand Challenges (Updated report)
Report
The Just Transition in Energy
Policy Brief
From COVID-19 to Shared Prosperity
Blog
How Much Lockdown is Enough?
Policy Brief
COVID-19 has a Postcode
Blog
Let’s make 2020 the year of gender equality: Using milestones to get organized
Blog
How Better Policy Choices Could Help Governments Prevent Inequality-Driven Protests
Blog
Business as usual is no longer an option — we need to re-think foreign aid policy
Opinion
COVID-19 has a postcode: How urban housing and spatial inequality are shaping the COVID-19 crisis
Report
Building back better with stockpiles of trust and social capital
Blog
Rallying beneath the banner for May Day
Blog
Mail and Guardian: Brace yourselves for the worst or act — now!
Opinion
How Civil Society Action Led to Fairer Taxation in Mexico
Blog
Moving Forward in the Fight to End Inequality and Exclusion
Blog