Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Reduced Inequalities focuses on narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, both within specific countries and between different nations. It ensures that everyone (regardless of their age, gender, disability, race, or religion) has an equal chance to succeed. This goal promotes laws and policies that protect the vulnerable and ensure resources are shared more fairly.
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Reduced Inequalities focuses on narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, both within specific countries and between different nations. It ensures that everyone (regardless of their age, gender, disability, race, or religion) has an equal chance to succeed. This goal promotes laws and policies that protect the vulnerable and ensure resources are shared more fairly.
Introduction to Goal 10
A curriculum designed for Goal 10 that inspires the values and competencies behind this mission for grades 5-12.
Featured Lesson: Music
Finding Our Voice: Exploring Inequality Through Folk Music
Dive into Goal 10 through the lens of music. This lesson provides hands-on activities and creative exploration designed to bring the concepts to life for students.
Lessons
Musical Exploration
Explore Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries through musical exploration.
Printing Our Future: Art for a Fairer World
Explore Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries through art.
My Equality Journal: Writing Stories of Fairness
Explore Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries through creative writing.
Dancing Towards Fairness: Movement Inspired by Alvin Ailey
Explore Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries through dance/movement.
The Silly & The Serious: A Satirical Look at Fairness
Explore Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries through drama.
Sounds of Progress: Making Music for a Smarter World
Explore Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries through music.
These learning objectives are organized into five categories that together form a comprehensive approach to understanding and engaging with this goal.
Knowledge
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Identify and define inequality as being treated unfairly or having unequal chances, and recognize that Global Goal 10 is about reducing these differences.
(Cr1.1.MS, Cn10.1.MS) - •
Recognize that fairness and inclusion mean treating all people with respect, no matter their age, background, ability, or appearance.
(Cn10.1.MS, Cn11.1.MS) - •
Understand that reducing inequalities helps make communities stronger and creates a better world for everyone.
(Cn10.1.MS, Cn11.1.MS)
Discourse
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Explore and describe how messages and ideas about fairness and equality are expressed through various art forms (visual art, creative writing, dance, drama, music) by reflecting on visuals, words, movement, sounds, and stories.
(Re8.1.MS, Re8.1.MS) - •
Participate in respectful discussions about situations of fairness and unfairness, and how people can stand up for what is right and include others.
(Re9.1.MS, Cn11.1.MS) - •
Communicate their own thoughts, feelings, and ideas about Global Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities through creative expression in various artistic mediums.
(Cr3.1.MS)
Attitudes
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Develop empathy and compassion for individuals and communities who experience inequality, fostering a deeper understanding of their perspectives.
(Re8.1.MS, Cn10.1.MS) - •
Appreciate the fundamental importance of fairness, respect, and inclusion, and recognize their own role in creating a welcoming environment for everyone.
(Cn11.1.MS) - •
Cultivate a strong sense of justice and a personal desire to contribute to making their school and community more equitable and kind.
(Re9.1.MS)
Capacity
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Develop critical thinking skills by observing and discussing how different artistic elements can represent challenges, emotions, and solutions related to inequality.
(Re9.1.MS, Cn10.1.MS) - •
Practice collaboration and communication skills through engaging in group art projects, shared writing activities, and coordinated movement, drama, or musical performances to tell stories about fairness.
(Cr2.1.MS, Pr5.1.MS) - •
Develop creative expression skills through purposeful experimentation with diverse artistic mediums to communicate their understandings and feelings about Reduced Inequalities.
(Cr3.1.MS)
Action
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Identify simple and age-appropriate actions they can take to promote fairness, respect, and inclusion in their daily lives, classrooms, and homes.
(Pr6.1.MS, Cn11.1.MS) - •
Participate in collaborative artistic projects that creatively express messages of hope and support for a fairer world.
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Reflect on their personal role in contributing to a world with less inequality, fostering a sense of responsible global citizenship.
(Re9.1.MS, Cn11.1.MS)
Empowering youth to become active agents of change in the pursuit of reducing inequality within and among countries. Recognizing that even small, consistent actions, sparked by their creative explorations, can contribute to a larger global impact.
Taking Action Beyond the Classroom
Here are ways your students can extend their learning and apply their understanding of Global Goal 10 in their wider community and beyond.
Become Fairness Ambassadors: Choose a favorite piece created in the lessons, and share with family, friends, or local community groups (like a school event, digital portfolio, or community group). This allows them to use their art to tell a powerful story about why fairness and equality matter for everyone.
Concrete Action: Aim to share their creative work related to Global Goal 10 with at least three people outside of school.
Fair Play Audit: Observe how fairness works daily, during recess, in group projects, or even at home with chores. Write a short journal entry or create a simple visual showing one instance of fairness or unfairness observed, and how it connects to Global Goal 10.
Concrete Action: Students create a short Fair Play observation reflecting on fairness in their own lives.
Kindness Campaign: Collaboratively create simple posters, skits, or songs to promote kindness and inclusion at school. These can feature messages like "Everyone Belongs" or "Fairness for All."
Concrete Action: Small groups create and perform a Kindness Campaign skit or song, or design posters to be displayed in the school hallways.
Diverse Voices Story Circle: Sit with family, friends, and community members from diverse generations and backgrounds and share stories about times they felt included, or times they saw someone stand up for what was fair.
Concrete Action: Students initiative a Diverse Voices story circle with family, friends, or community members, sharing a story about fairness and listening to others' perspectives.
Research a Champion of Equity: Research a real person (from history or today) who has worked to reduce inequalities and promote fairness, either locally or globally. Write a short paragraph, create a drawing, or prepare a brief presentation about this Champion of Equity, explaining how their actions connect to Global Goal 10. This helps to see real-world examples of impact and positive change.
Concrete Action: Research and present one Champion of Equality to share with family or the class.
Benchmarking Progress
A quick view of the official UN targets for this goal paired with the indicators that track global progress. Use these to connect classroom inquiry with real-world data.
Target 10.1
By 2030, progressively achieve and sustain income growth of the bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average.
Indicators
- 10.1.1
Growth rates of household expenditure or income per capita among the bottom 40 per cent of the population and the total population
Target 10.2
By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
Indicators
- 10.2.1
Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median income, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Target 10.3
Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.
Indicators
- 10.3.1
Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed within the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law
Target 10.4
Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality.
Indicators
- 10.4.1
Labour share of GDP
- 10.4.2
Redistributive impact of fiscal policy
Target 10.5
Improve the regulation and monitoring of global financial markets and institutions and strengthen the implementation of such regulations.
Indicators
- 10.5.1
Financial Soundness Indicators
Target 10.6
Ensure enhanced representation and voice for developing countries in decision-making in global international economic and financial institutions in order to deliver more effective, credible, accountable and legitimate institutions.
Indicators
- 10.6.1
Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations
Target 10.7
Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.
Indicators
- 10.7.1
Recruitment cost borne by employee as a proportion of monthly income earned in country of destination
- 10.7.2
Number of countries with migration policies that facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people
- 10.7.3
Number of people who died or disappeared in the process of migration towards an international destination
- 10.7.4
Proportion of the population who are refugees, by country of origin
Target 10.a
Implement the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in accordance with World Trade Organization agreements.
Indicators
- 10.a.1
Proportion of tariff lines applied to imports from least developed countries and developing countries with zero-tariff
Target 10.b
Encourage official development assistance and financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to States where the need is greatest, in particular least developed countries, African countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their national plans and programmes.
Indicators
- 10.b.1
Total resource flows for development, by recipient and donor countries and type of flow (e.g. official development assistance, foreign direct investment and other flows)
Target 10.c
By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5 per cent.
Indicators
- 10.c.1
Remittance costs as a proportion of the amount remitted