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

Asian Center for the Progress of Peoples

ACPP 1979 Kowloon Hong Kong G

Asian Competition Forum

ACF 2005 Hong Kong Hong Kong J

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

FORUM-ASIA 1991 Bangkok Thailand F

Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

AFPPD 1981 Tokyo Japan F y

Asian Institute for Development Communication

Aidcom 1986 Shah Alam Malaysia E j

Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association

AITAA 1969 Pathum Thani Thailand E j

Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis

2000 G

Asian Migrants Coordinating Body

AMCB 1996 Kowloon Hong Kong D

Asian Network for the Rights Of Occupational and Environmental Victims

ANROEV 1997 Kathmandu Nepal D y

Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions

ANNI 2006 Bangkok Thailand F

Asian Paralympic Committee

APC 2002 Dubai United Arab Emirates D

Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia

AsiaDHRRA 1994 Quezon City Philippines E

Asian People's Disability Alliance

APDA 1988 Wembley UK G

Asian People's Exchange

APEX 1987 Chiba Japan N

Asian Population and Development Association

APDA 1982 Tokyo Japan G

Asian Population Association

APA 2007 Nakhon Pathom Thailand D

Asian Regional Association for Career Development

ARACD 1970 Sapporo Japan D

Asian Regional Cooperative Council for Nuclear Medicine

ARCCNM 2001 Seoul Korea Rep E

Asian Rural Institute - Rural Leaders Training Center

ARI 1973 Nasushiobara Japan E j

Asian Solidarity Economy Coalition

ASEC 2011 Quezon City Philippines D y

Asian Sponsorship Association

ASA 2014 Singapore Singapore D

Asian Youth Centre

AYC 1984 Hyderabad India E

Asian-Pacific League for Freedom and Democracy

APLFD 1954 Taipei Taiwan F

Asian-Pacific Regional Research and Training Centre for Integrated Fish Farming

IFFC 1978 Wuxi China E

Asociación Andaluza por la Solidaridad y la Paz

ASPA 1987 Córdoba Spain G

Asociación Entrepueblos

1988 Barcelona Spain G

Asociación Española para el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos

AEDIDH 2004 Luarca Spain G

Asociación Iberoamericana de Tecnologias de Apoyo a la Discapacidad

AITADIS 2006 Madrid Spain D

Asociación Internacional de Prisiones y Correcciones Capitulo Latinoamericano

ICPALA 2011 D

Asociación Internacional Juventud Idente

1975 Rome Italy G

Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica

ALB 1986 Havana Cuba D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Politica

ALACIP Rio de Janeiro Brazil D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios de la Escritura en Educación Superior y Contextos Profesionales

ALES 2016 D t

Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios del Discurso

ALED 1995 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Odontopediatría

ALOP 1993 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Población

ALAP 2004 Rio de Janeiro Brazil D

Asociación Miraismo Internacional

AMI 2012 Geneva Switzerland E

Asociación pro Derechos Humanos

APRODEH Lima Peru G

ASPAFRIQUE-JICS-HFFUN

1990 New York NY USA G

Assistance to Support Humanity and Need for Aid Organization

ASHNA 2011 Kabul Afghanistan G

Associação de Farmacêuticos dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa

AFPLP 1993 Lisbon Portugal D

Associação dos Operadores de Correios e Telecomunicações dos Paises e Territórios de Lingua Oficial Portuguesa

AICEP 1993 Lisbon Portugal D g

Associated Country Women of the World

ACWW 1930 London UK B

Associated Luxury Hotels International

ALHI 1986 Plano TX USA N

Association Catholique Internationale de Services pour la Jeunesse Féminine

ACISJF/In Via 1897 Geneva Switzerland C

Association coopérative financière des fonctionnaires internationaux

AMFIE 1990 Luxembourg Luxembourg F

Association de solidarité avec les peuples d'Amérique latine

ASPAL 1979 La Couronne France G

Association de Solidarité Internationale pour la Formation, l'Instruction et la Coopération

ASSIFIC Ploërmel France G

Association de soutien des missions des assemblées de France

ASMAF 1967 Strasbourg France G

Association des collectivités textiles européennes

ACTE 1991 Terrassa Spain D

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