Fwd: PHM-Exch> Key Messages from the Report on the Post 2015 Inequalities Consultation
Gbenga Adedayo
'Gbenga Adedayo
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From: Claudio Schuftan <csch...@phmovement.org>
Date: March 26, 2013 9:05:13 GMT+01:00
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Subject: PHM-Exch> Key Messages from the Report on the Post 2015 Inequalities Consultation
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Inequalities predominantly affect individuals and groups suffering multiple human rights deprivations. These multiple deprivations and inequalities are closely associated with and reinforced by specific forms of discrimination in the enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. We know inequalities lead to the systematic disadvantage of some social groups and to the perpetuation of poverty and exclusion from generation to generation. Policies, programs and interventions intended to improve the lives of disadvantaged people often only address the symptoms of inequalities, such as chronic poverty, but not their actual causes. As a result, patterns of powerlessness, marginalization and exclusion remain persistent over time. Inequalities are commonly ‘legitimised’ by powerful groups using stereotypes and prejudice that justify discrimination and maintain exclusion. Gender-based discrimination, for instance, remains the single most widespread driver of inequalities in today’s world. The new development agenda must enable those whose capabilities have been harmed by inequalities to claim and realize their rights. Only this will lead to measures that are transformational enough in orientation rather than just being marginal or incremental. Needed will be equity-focused and rights-based policies, as well as legal and program initiatives including: explicit measures to provide for equal access and opportunity for disadvantaged and excluded groups; appropriate redistributive measures, including social protection; provision for the specific needs of women and girls, children, persons with disabilities and minority groups; adequate and sustained investment in children, including adolescents, as a means of combating inequality and promoting future prosperity; and measures to increase awareness, widen participation in decision-making and improve the availability and transparency of data and information on inequalities and development progress. Also needed will be equitable tax systems that improve collection rates from sectors and agents that have benefited disproportionately from aggregate income growth. (Overview and Key Messages from the Report on the Post 2015 Inequalities Consultation http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/308651 )
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