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

Administrative Tribunal of the Organization of American States

1971 Washington DC USA K g

Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre

AIRE Centre 1993 London UK G

Advocates for Human Rights

1983 Minneapolis MN USA G

Advocates for International Development

A4ID London UK G

Advocates International

1991 Alexandria VA USA G

Afghanistan World Foundation

AWF 2002 New York NY USA G f

Aflatoun International

2005 Amsterdam Netherlands C

Afri - Action from Ireland

1975 Dublin Ireland G

Africa 2000

2004 London UK G

Africa 2000 Plus Network, Harare

1989 Harare Zimbabwe F

Africa Action

2001 Washington DC USA G

Africa Advocacy Foundation

1996 London UK G f

Africa Centre for Open Governance

AfriCOG Nairobi Kenya G

Africa Civil Society for the Information Society

ACSIS 2003 Dakar Senegal D

Africa Cooperative Action Trust - International

ACAT International 1979 Mbabane Eswatini F

Africa Culture Internationale Human Rights

ACI Human Rights 1996 Geneva Switzerland G

Africa Development Interchange Network

ADIN 1985 Douala Cameroon G

Africa Early Childhood Network

AfECN 2013 Nairobi Kenya F

Africa Faith and Justice Network

AFJN 1983 Washington DC USA G

Africa Humanitarian Action

AHA 1994 Addis Ababa Ethiopia G

Africa Leadership Forum

ALF 1988 Ota Nigeria F

Africa Network for Animal Welfare

ANAW 2006 Nairobi Kenya F

Africa Partnership Forum

APF 2003 E gy

Africa Solidarity Trust Fund

ASTF 2013 Accra Ghana F g

Africa Unite

AU 2001 Cape Town South Africa G

Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum

AWIEF Cape Town South Africa F

Africa-Europe Faith and Justice Network

AEFJN 1988 Brussels Belgium F y

African Aid Organization

AFAID 2000 Washington DC USA G

African Books Collective

ABC 1989 Oxford UK F y

African Centre for Advocacy and Human Development

ACAHD 2002 Lagos Nigeria G

African Centre for Applied Research and Training in Social Development

ACARTSOD 1977 E g

African Centre for Aquatic Research and Education

ACARE 2017 Ann Arbor MI USA D

African Centre for Empowerment and Gender Advocacy

Nairobi Kenya G

African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation

ACHEST Kampala Uganda G

African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies

ACJPS New York NY USA G

African Centre for Migration and Society

ACMS Witwatersrand South Africa G

African Child in Need

ACIN Kampala Uganda G

African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation

ANEW Nairobi Kenya D

African Coalition for Corporate Accountability

ACCA 2013 Pretoria South Africa D y

African Competition Forum

ACF 2011 Pretoria South Africa F g

African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations

ACCOSCA 1968 Nairobi Kenya D

African Continental Free Trade Area

AfCFTA Addis Ababa Ethiopia E gt

African Court of Justice and Human Rights

J gp

African Criminology and Justice Association

ACJA 2000 Princess Anne MD USA G

African Development Bank Group

ADB Group 1964 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire F g

African Digital Library Support Network

ADLSN Addis Ababa Ethiopia F

African Entrepreneur Collective

AEC 2012 G

African Growth and Opportunity Act

AGOA 2000 G g

African Human Rights Heritage

AHRH 1992 Accra Ghana G

African Initiative For Mankind Progress Organization

AIMPO 2001 Kigali Rwanda G

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