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

Collaborative Intergovernmental Scientific Research Institute

CISRI 2000 Novara Italy E gj

Collectif d'études et de recherches sur les civilisations slaves

CERCS Pessac France N

Collectif interafricain des habitants

CIAH Yaoundé Cameroon G

Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires

CSA 1984 Brussels Belgium G

Collective Security Treaty Organization

CSTO 2002 Moscow Russia E g

Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific

CPS 1950 Colombo Sri Lanka F g

Colombo Plan Staff College

CPSC 1973 Pasig City Philippines F g

Comhlamh

1975 Dublin Ireland G

Comic Relief

1985 London UK G

Comisión Interamericana de Desarrollo Social

CIDES 1996 Washington DC USA E g

Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement-Terre Solidaire

CCFD-Terre Solidaire 1961 Paris France G

Comité de solidarité avec l'Europe de l'Est

COLISEE 1976 Paris France G

Comité européen de normalisation

CEN 1961 Brussels Belgium D y

Comité français pour la solidarité internationale

CFSI 1960 Paris France G y

Comité international de liaison des associations féminines

CILAF 1946 G

Comité pour l'annulation de la dette du Tiers-monde

CADTM 1990 Liège Belgium F

Comité pour les Partenariats avec l'Europe Continentale

Comité PECO Paris France G y

Comité Regional de Recursos Hidraulicos del Istmo Centroamericano

CRRH 1966 San José Costa Rica E g

Commission européenne pour l'efficacité de la justice

CEPEJ 2002 Strasbourg France E g

Commission for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation - USG/UISG

1974 Rome Italy E

Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries

1994 Bern Switzerland G

Commission justice et paix

CJP Brussels Belgium G

Commission Tiers-Monde de l'Eglise catholique, Genève

COTMEC Geneva Switzerland G

Commission to Every Nation

CTEN 1993 Kerrville TX USA N

Commissione Cooperazione Internazionale per lo Sviluppo

CICOPS 1984 Pavia Italy G

Committee for International Human Rights Inquiry

CIHRI 1974 New York NY USA N

Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives

COPAC 1971 Washington DC USA E y

Committee of Members of Parliament of the EFTA States Party to the EEA

EFTA MPS 1992 Brussels Belgium E g

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CERD 1969 Geneva Switzerland E g

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

COPUOS 1959 Vienna Austria E g

Common Fund for Commodities

CFC 1980 Amsterdam Netherlands F fgy

Common Ground Research Networks

1984 Champaign IL USA F

Commons Network

Berlin Germany J

Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management

CCEAM 1970 Waterloo ON Canada C

Commonwealth Countries League

CCL 1925 London UK E v

Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation

CFTC 1971 London UK F fg

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

CHRI 1987 Delhi India F

Commonwealth Secretariat

1965 London UK C g

Communicación, Intercambio y Desarrollo Humano en América Latina

CIDHAL 1969 Morelos Mexico G

Community and Family Services International

CFSI 1981 G

Community Court of Justice

1991 Abuja Nigeria F g

Community Development and Advocacy Centre

CODAC 1998 London UK G

Community Exchange System

CES 2003 Cape Town South Africa F

Community Health and Information Network

CHAIN 1998 Kampala Uganda E

Community Learning Centres

CLC 1993 Bangkok Thailand K g

Community Media Forum Europe

CMFE 2004 Brussels Belgium F y

Community of Sahel-Saharan States

CEN-SAD 1998 Tripoli Libya D g

Community of Sant'Egidio

1968 Rome Italy R

Community Partners International

CPI 2010 San Francisco CA USA G

Community Plant Variety Office

CPVO 1995 Angers France E g

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