Inequality
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Vacancies for doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists at highest level for three years
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Worries over whether women are doing their ‘fair share’ has a clear impact on their health, according to a new analysis -
Leah Green explores the struggles that arise across the globe when deciding who does which chores
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Women in developed countries have historically outlived men. But the life expectancy gender gap is closing -
As US studies reveal worrying disparities in trauma treatment based on patient ethnicity, one surgeon urges more research into inequalities in UK emergency care
Pictures & video
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Scores of commuters in the Philippine capital are propelled to their destinations daily by men with metal carts -
Speaking at the Obama Foundation in Johnannesburg, the former US president has called for more women to enter politics and expressed dismay at abusive male leaders
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Jacinda Ardern and Justin Trudeau take questions from young Londoners on gender equality and how to bring about change in society
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Darren McGarvey tells the Guardian columnist he has enjoyed Jeremy Corbyn shaking up politics in the UK
Income inequality
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TUC finds worker rights fading as gig platforms proliferate to employ one in 10 adults -
Britons between 18 and 29 have less left over after housing costs than older generations had at same age -
Letter: Figures that appear to show Londoners are significantly better off than people in other parts of Britain don’t tell the whole story, says Maggie Kemmner
Opinion
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Editorial: As a new report shows elite jobs are still dominated by the privately educated, it’s clear an approach focused on justice, not only mobility, is needed -
The baffling preference by employers (and voters) for people from expensive schools blocks progress and innovation, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Age inequality
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Brief letters: Brexit | Fabianism | Generational inequality | Statesmanship | Hergé’s detectives -
If at least one house of parliament was more representative of the population, maybe generational inequality would be less of an issue -
Rising pensioner wealth has muddied statistical measures of inequality and family poverty. It is time for fundamental change -
Letters: Rather than implementing policies that could increase poverty wages and deal with vastly overpriced housing, they wish to axe older persons’ benefits
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