Global Scans · Reduced Inequalities · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.

• [New] The brisk growth of artificial intelligence may worsen existing gender inequalities and pose new risks to the human rights of women and girls worldwide. Yale Law School
• [New] The revised European Social Fund Plus (ESF +), with a total budget of EUR 142 billion from the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, helps to reduce inequalities. Eurostat
• [New] The uneven global adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies risks deepening existing digital inequalities. IntechOpen
• The Trump administration's policy agenda is exacerbating racial economic inequalities, threatening the Black middle class, and devastating industries with high concentrations of Latino workers, including construction, health services, and manufacturing. Brookings
• Drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide are transforming obesity treatment, but without affordable, healthy food and appropriate support, they could widen health inequalities in the UK. EurekAlert!
• New approaches, including the reform of the county medical community in China, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission in India, or the digitalization of community health workers in Rwanda, are some examples that show the potential of technology to reduce health inequalities. Frontiers
• In Europe, policies such as the European Pillar of Social Rights reinforce the focus on quality jobs, but economic crises and inequalities threaten social contracts. Springer Nature Switzerland
• Persistent inequalities continue to affect educational achievement, economic mobility, social development, and long-term opportunities for millions of young people in the United States. fundsforNGOs - Grants and Resources for Sustainability
• One important question is whether AI will lift opportunities for all, or whether it will deepen existing inequalities and exclusion. ST

Last updated: 27 July 2026