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The President of the Fiji India Business Council, Swani Maharaj, says that while the gap between rich and poor is widening as the cost of living rises, there is not...

Football chiefs have agreed to lift a ban on women wearing headscarves during games, clearing the way for the participation of many Muslim nations in top-flight competition. The hijab is...

In the biggest protest in Hong Kong for nearly a decade, tens of thousands of people have demonstrated against the Chinese Communist Party and demanded that everyone have the right to vote.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has addressed business leaders in Bangkok on her first trip abroad for more than twenty years.

Debate has begun within the National Party about whether it should support legalising adoption for gay couples. Audio

Human Rights Commission equal employment opportunities commissioner Dr Judy McGregor says all New Zealanders should be upset at the low wages paid to aged care workers. Audio

About 100 demonstrators gathered at Parliament on Thursday afternoon, protesting against planned increases to student loan repayments and child poverty. A group of students also protested in Auckland.

Opposition parties have labelled the National Government's 'zero Budget' as 'zero growth and zero hope'.

The Financial Services Institute of Australasia says companies need to do more to ensure their commitments to reducing gender inequality are translating into action.

The union movement in New Caledonia has given the government until the end of the month to decide on measures to reduce the high cost of living. This comes nearly...

A new Asian Development Bank report says nurturing the private sector and improving public services would help foster more inclusive growth in the Papua New Guinea economy over the next...

A Kaitaia Maori GP says an extra $12 million in the Budget for rheumatic fever prevention is welcome, but as long as children have to scavenge for food it will never be a magic bullet.

Prime Minister John Key acknowledges there are pay inequalities in the residential aged care sector but says the Government doesn't have the money to improve the situation.

One of the leading lawyers for Ngapuhi treaty claimants says delays to the northern claims will worsen the economic inequality of iwi.

The protester who interrupted Britain's annual University boat race on the Thames earlier this month by swimming into the crews' path has appeared in a London court and been charged...

TelstraClear is warning that the telecommunications network sector is in danger of becoming extinct.

Researchers say new charter schools will have a damaging effect on the students they're supposed to help, causing inequality based on culture, race and socio-economic status.

Trade Minister Tim Groser is to push ahead with top level talks in Chongqing next week despite the dramatic dumping of the city's mayor.

The Minister of Labour has been advised that raising the minimum wage from $13 to $15 an hour would have increased workers' spending power by close to $500 million.

The Race Relations Commissioner says inequality is still the most pressing race relations issue facing New Zealand. Audio

The head of a global trade union says social cohesion will be shattered if Europe continues to focus on austerity, without creating jobs.