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 d Poverty and Injustice\, by Max Lawson and Amitabh Behar
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DESCRIPTION:“The world’s ten richest men have seen their combined wealt
 h increase by $540 billion during the pandemic\, while the crisis threaten
 s a lost decade in the fight against poverty\,” revealed the Oxfam Inequ
 ality Report 2021\, published on the opening day of the World Economic For
 um’s ‘Davos Dialogues.' The India supplement of the Global Inequality 
 Report highlighted “India’s 100 billionaires have seen their fortune i
 ncrease by $178 billion since March 2020\, enough to give every one of the
  138 million poorest Indian people a cheque of $1\,288." \n\nOxfam’s 202
 1 report “The Inequality Virus” found that Covid-19 has the potential 
 to increase economic inequality in almost every country at once\, the firs
 t time this has happened since records began over a century ago. \n\nIn th
 is webinar Oxfam Inequality experts will talk about the journey of Oxfam
 ’s Inequality work globally and in India\, and whether it has been an ef
 fective strategy to advocate for a more just and sustainable society.  Gli
 mpses of Oxfam India’s work to address inequality will also be highlight
 ed. \n\nMax Lawson is Head of Inequality Policy for Oxfam International.  
 He has previously Head of Policy and Campaigns at Oxfam Great Britain\, an
 d has helped author some of Oxfam’s most high profile papers.  He also w
 orked for Oxfam as governance adviser for some years\, working in over 25 
 countries on budgets\, governance and public spending.  He moved to Nairob
 i in January along with Oxfam International’s whole headquarters.\n\nAmi
 tabh Behar\, Chief Executive Officer of Oxfam India\, is a global civil so
 ciety leader\, and an authority on tackling economic and gender inequality
  and building citizen participation. Mr. Behar currently serves as the Vic
 e-Chair of the Board of CIVICUS\, a global alliance of civil society organ
 isations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil
  society across the globe. He also serves on the boards of several other o
 rganisations\, including the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountabili
 ty\, an Indian public policy think tank. Prior to Oxfam\, Mr. Behar was th
 e Executive Director of National Foundation for India and served as the Co
 nvener of National Social Watch Coalition and the Co-Chair of Global Call 
 to Action Against Poverty\, a network of over 11\,000 civil society organi
 sations.
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SUMMARY:Rising Inequality: Oxfam’s Journey to Fight Inequality to End Pov
 erty and Injustice\, by Max Lawson and Amitabh Behar
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/rising_inequality_oxfams_jou
 rney_to_fight_inequality_to_end_poverty_and_injustice_by_max_lawson_and_am
 itabh_behar
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