Oxfam report published on Monday revealed that 22 richest men in the world are richer than all African women combined.

The organisation (Oxfam) also concluded that 2,153 billionaires on the Forbes list have more wealth than 60 per cent (4.6 billion people) of the global population.

The large disparity between the world’s population is considered “out of control” by Oxfam.

The cause, according to the report was a flawed and sexist economic system that values the wealth of the privileged few, mostly men, more than the billions of hours of the most essential work – the unpaid and underpaid care work done primarily by women and girls around the world.

“The 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the women in Africa.

“Women and girls put in 12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work each and every day —a contribution to the global economy of at least $10.8 trillion a year, more than three times the size of the global tech industry.”

If the world’s richest can pay just 0.5 per cent extra tax on their wealth over the next 10 years, acccording to Oxfam, the accrued amount will be enough to create investments that will provide jobs for 117 million in sectors such as elderly and childcare education and health.

“The gap between rich and poor can’t be resolved without deliberate inequality-busting policies, and too few governments are committed to these.”

Source: http://lanrenews.com/worlds-22-richest-men-richer-than-all-women-in-africa/

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