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Take a stand against Youth unemployment together with the Youth in South Africa

Take a stand against Youth unemployment together with the Youth in South Africa

As South Africa marks the 46th anniversary of the 16 June 1976 student uprising in Soweto, it is clear that there is little effort to promote youth development and empowerment. Youth unemployment rates in South Africa, currently at 66.70% and higher than the national average, are a cause for alarm.
By: Fight Inequality,
The 2022 Alliance Member’s Survey shows that the pandemic amplified structural inequalities, with rich elites increasing their power while activists were forced to find new methods to mobilise.

2022 Members Survey results

Rising cost of living, unemployment and spiralling inequality: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare in our members’ survey.

By: Members of the Fight Inequality Alliance,

Call to action: As the 1% meet at Davos, protest to say we must #TaxTheRich

Fight Inequality Alliance will protest in cities and towns across the world to say we need to ‘Tax The Rich’.

By: Fight Inequality Alliance,
How women are turning the tide for climate justice

How women are turning the tide for climate justice

How can we get urgent climate action that is also just? This was the question we set out on in our last People vs Inequality podcast series.

By: PeopleVsInequality Podcast,
My Pandemic Reality

My Pandemic Reality

March 2022 marked 2 years since the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic. In those 2 years over 6 million lives have been lost and inequality has spiralled. We asked members of the Alliance to share their pandemic realities; stories of how inequality has been experienced and is being fought for us to share with the wider movement.

By: Members of the Fight Inequality Alliance,
Provide A Basic Income Grant for South Africans

Provide A Basic Income Grant for South Africans

Wafaa Abdurahman, National Coordinator of Fight Inequality Alliance South Africa gives her view on the national budget that was announced last week. The government has been under growing pressure to introduce a Basic Income Grant to relieve the hardships of huge sections of South Africa’s population.

By: Wafaa Abdurahman,
4 reasons to join the global protest to fight inequality

4 reasons to join the global protest to fight inequality

The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified existing inequalities across the globe, hitting the poorest and most vulnerable communities the hardest. At the same time, the world’s richest have continued to accumulate wealth and power.

By: Teresa Loch,