Help fight inequality for better development – CSOs to Gov’t

The Ghana Civil Society Organisations Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals has called on government and other stakeholders to champion the fight against inequality to a better satisfaction. 

This, according to George Osei Bimpeh, Country Director for SEND Ghana would increase the equality between women and men and would also help to tackle gender disparities in wages, poverty, reproductive autonomy and political power.

At a press briefing to mark the Global Week of Action on Inequality in Accra, George Osei Akoto Bimpeh, the Spokesperson for the Platform called on policy makers to enact policies to curb inequalities in all spheres and ensure more inclusive labour markets.

”The Fight Inequality Alliance is a network of civil society activists that is building a global movement to counter the excessive concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a small elite. We seek to achieve a just, equal and sustainable world.

”Inequality has become a defining global problem of the present time that must be addressed if we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We cannot achieve equitable and sustainable development if we leave anyone behind.” he said.

According to him, bad policy choices in public education and the privatisation of services were increasing inequality, as the high cost of fees meant families had to make huge sacrifices with other basic necessities where, in some cases parents choose to invest their meagre incomes in some children and not others with girls and children with disabilities more likely to be left out.

The Global Week of Action on Inequality (#FightInequality) is recognised annually by development practitioners across the globe from January 18 to 25, 2020.