Inequality: Sociology and National Intercultural Health
My understanding of inequality in society is something which exists where there are social and economic imbalances in society, where there is a lack of equal opportunities, or rewards are disproportionate (e.g. Pay between men and women), and, where there is a lack of equal treatment and of equal status between people of different backgrounds. Some of the reasons people may experience inequality are race, gender, social class, physical or mental impairment and age.
In Irish society inequality exists between the Traveller minority and the settled majority. Many of the travelling community experience inequality in areas such as health, living conditions, poverty, education, employment and access to services. According to the National Intercultural Health Strategy 2007 Traveller men live on average 10 years less and Traveller women on average 12 years less than their settled peers. Travellers in temporary accommodation often have no electricity, running water or toilet facilities, all considered basic commodities by the settled community. Some Travellers still have difficulty enrolling their children in schools, with instances of settled parents removing children where Travellers have enrolled, highlighting the inequalities travellers encounter not just with education but also discrimination, racism and social exclusion by the settled majority.
My understanding of inequality in society is something which exists where there are social and economic imbalances in society, where there is a lack of equal opportunities, or rewards are disproportionate (e.g. Pay between men and women), and, where there is a lack of equal treatment and of equal status between people of different backgrounds. Some of the reasons people may experience inequality are race, gender, social class, physical or mental impairment and age.
In Irish society inequality exists between the Traveller minority and the settled majority. Many of the travelling community experience inequality in areas such
In Irish society inequality exists between the Traveller minority and the settled majority. Many of the travelling community experience inequality in areas such as health, living conditions, poverty, education, employment and access to services. According to the National Intercultural Health Strategy 2007 Traveller men live on average 10 years less and Traveller women on average 12 years less than their settled peers. Travellers in temporary accommodation often have no electricity, running water or toilet facilities, all considered basic commodities by the settled community. Some Travellers still have difficulty enrolling their children in schools, with instances of settled parents removing children where Travellers have enrolled, highlighting the inequalities travellers encounter not just with education but also discrimination, racism and social exclusion by the settled majority.
My understanding of inequality in society is something which exists where there are social and economic imbalances in society, where there is a lack of equal opportunities, or rewards are disproportionate (e.g. Pay between men and women), and, where there is a lack of equal treatment and of equal status between people of different backgrounds. Some of the reasons people may experience inequality are race, gender, social class, physical or mental impairment and age.
In Irish society inequality exists between the Traveller minority and the settled majority. Many of the travelling community experience inequality in areas such