C1, Complex Task: Museum Exhibit, "Disparity..."

Global inequalities refer to the differences in the distribution of things that are socially valued: education, income, information, health, and access to proper services and infrastructure. People living in different regions are impacted by the inequality of the world's distribution of wealth. In your project, you need to discuss the systemic causes of global inequalities and examine the manifestations of inequality: homelessness, modern slavery, gender and health disparities, sex trafficking, child labor and sweatshops, poverty, lack human rights, famine...

Below are a list of articles and sites you may use in putting together your project. Many of them provide other useful links:

United Nations, stats & profiles: Human Development Reports
CBC article, 2006: Child labour
CBC article, 2006: 40% of world's wealth owned by 1% of population
Voice of America article, 2007: Global Rich and Poor Gap Widens
Causes of Poverty: Global issues
Poverty, A Dollar a Day
Vancouver Sun article, 2011: Attawapiskat and Atikokan: A tale of two northern towns

Solutions:
CBC article, 2005: UN Millenium Development Goals
Strombo, Promoting Equal Rights


CBC, Syria in the news
BBC, DRC and Joseph-Desire Mobutu


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