Today is Blog Action Day — and this year we're joining pens, pads and keyboards to discuss inequality.
Blog Action Day has existed since 2007. It's a yearly event that sparks awareness and important discussions by uniting thousands of bloggers, focusing on one theme, and reaching a collective audience of millions. Over 1,500 bloggers have joined the initiative this year, coming from over a hundred different countries.
Have a thing or two to say about inequality?
Then participate in #Blogaction14 by registering your own blog. Write in any language, from any country. Also remember that a blog is a wide definition: Vlogs, podcasts, photos, design and social media sites all count. On Twitter, keep an eye on the hashtags #Blogaction14, #Inequality and #Oct16.
Global Voices’ compilation
Once again, Global Voices is an official partner of the event, and some of our great contributors have joined in with their personal blogs. See their posts below:
The woes of inequalityby Sanjib Chaudhary Sanjib Chaudhary brings stories of inequality from his home village in Eastern Nepal. He describes inequality as living in a sea of woes.
Bildungsungleichheit durch Homogenisierung(Educational inequality by homogenization, in German) by Katrin Zinoun Katrin Zinoun writes about inequality in the German education system that fails to deal with the social diversity.
Desigualdad (en Latinoamérica)(Inequality in Latin America, in Spanish) by Juan Arellano Juan Arellano discusses inequality in Latin America, linking to his back-list of posts on indigenous people, social protests, growth and more.
#BlogActionDay Desigualdad(#BlogActionDay Inequality, in Spanish) by Juan Tadeo Juan Tadeo brings a piece from Mexico, emphasizing political and economic inequality and their social consequences of discrimination and violence.