Welcome to the United Nations
The Group of Friends of SDG 10 (GoF-SDG 10) was launched in May 2016, following the Special Meeting of the ECOSOC on Inequality held that March under the Korean Presidency. The core idea that steers the Group is that inequality is not a given reality. Indeed, some countries have managed to reduce inequality with targeted policy measures despite the overarching trend of increasing income and wealth disparities in many parts of the world. Such examples demonstrate that inequality is not inevitable, but rather depends on identifying/implementing a functional policy mix.
The Group’s guiding objectives are, among others, to (a) advance understanding of intersectional drivers that widen inequality, (b) explore and promote policy options for addressing inequality, and (c) help maintain the political momentum of taking action on inequality, within the framework of the UN.
