Giving Compass' Take:

• A report from Oxfam calls out rewarding wealth, rather than work as a major contributing factor to gender inequality worldwide. 

• How can wealthy funders dismantle the systems that allowed them to amass wealth to increase gender equality? 

• Learn about the role of wealthy philanthropists in reinforcing unequal systems


A report from Oxfam takes a hard look at our growing inequality problems, and outlines steps that governments and businesses can take to work toward a more equitable and healthy economy. Endorsed by several experts in development and labor, the report also has a section devoted to addressing the overlap between “economic and gender inequality”

  • Oxfam calls for governments to set targets for income distribution, and gives specific suggestions: “The collective income of the top 10% to be no more than the income of the bottom 40%.”
  • The report calls for ending extreme wealth.  “To end extreme poverty, we must also end extreme wealth. Today’s gilded age is undermining our future. Governments should use regulation and taxation to radically reduce levels of extreme wealth, as well as limit the influence of wealthy individuals and groups over policy making.”
  • Use anti-capitalist business models that “incentivize business models that prioritize fairer returns, including cooperatives and employee participation in company governance and supply chains.”

Read the full article about Oxfam's report on gender inequality by Kiersten Marek at Philanthropy Women.