Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Reduced inequalities


Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.

The incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the population had been growing faster than the national average in most countries. But emerging yet inconclusive evidence suggests that COVID-19 may have put a dent in this positive trend of falling within-country inequality.

The pandemic has caused the largest rise in between-country inequality in three decades. Reducing both within- and between-country inequality requires equitable resource distribution, investing in education and skills development, implementing social protection measures, combating discrimination, supporting marginalized groups and fostering international cooperation for fair trade and financial systems.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Washington Office on Latin America

WOLA 1974 Washington DC USA G

Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030

WJI 2030 2022 Geneva Switzerland F

Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Watchlist 2001 New York NY USA G

Watchman International Network

WIN 1996 Lagos Nigeria G

Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor

WSUP 2004 London UK G y

Water and Sanitation Programme

WSP Washington DC USA E g

Water Europe

WE 2004 Brussels Belgium E y

Water for People

WFP 1991 Denver CO USA G

Water Inception

2017 Nyon Switzerland N

WaterAid

1981 London UK F

WATU Acción Indigena

1993 Madrid Spain N

WE CAN

Brussels Belgium N

WE Charity

1995 Toronto ON Canada F

We Effect

1968 Stockholm Sweden G

We Move Europe

WeMove.EU Berlin Germany F

WEC International

WEC 1913 Coventry UK F v

Wellspring International Outreach

WIO 2008 N

Weltfriedensdienst

WFD 1959 Berlin Germany G

West Africa Centre for Peace Foundation

WACPF 2008 Accra Ghana G f

West Africa Civil Society Forum

WACSOF F

West Africa Civil Society Institute

WACSI Accra Ghana G j

West African Human Rights Defenders' Network

WAHRDN 2005 Lomé Togo D

West African Institute for Legal Aid

WAILA 2013 Bakau Gambia G j

West India Committee

WIC 1735 Dover UK F v

WFTO-Europe

Brussels Belgium D

WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities

GNAFCC 2010 Geneva Switzerland F y

Whole Child International

2004 Santa Monica CA USA G

Widows Rights International

WRI 1996 G

Wildlife Justice Commission

WJC 2015 The Hague Netherlands C

WINGS

1998 Sao Paulo Brazil F y

Winrock International

1985 Little Rock AR USA G

WIRED International

Montara CA USA N

Witness

1992 Brooklyn NY USA G

Witness for Peace

WFP 1983 Washington DC USA G

Woman and Earth Global Eco-Network

1979 New York NY USA G v

Womankind Worldwide

1989 London UK F

Women and Land Rights in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe

J

Women Engage for a Common Future

WECF 1994 Utrecht Netherlands F y

Women for Peace, Sweden

WFP 1979 Stockholm Sweden G

Women for Women International

WFWI 1993 Washington DC USA G

Women in Action Worldwide

WaW 2012 G

Women in Law and Development in Africa-Afrique de l'Ouest

WiLDAF-AO 1990 F

Women in Need International

Bishop Auckland UK N

Women with Vision in Africa

WVA Monrovia Liberia G

Women Worldwide Advancing Freedom and Equality

WWAFE 2004 London UK J

Women's Brain Project

WBP 2016 F

Women's Earth Alliance

WEA 2006 Berkeley CA USA G

Women's Fund Asia

2004 Colombo Sri Lanka F f

Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights

WGNRR 1978 Quezon City Philippines F

Women's Home and Overseas Missionary Society

WHOMS 1880 Charlotte NC USA G

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