Social Inequalities Week 10 PDF

 U N D E R S T A N D I N G C U LT U R E , S O C I E T Y, A N D P O L I T WEEK 10: “Social Inequalities” Competency: * Explain government programs and initiatives in addressing social inequalities e.g. local, national, global  SO...

 U N D E R S T A N D I N G C U LT U R E , S O C I E T Y, A N D P O L I T WEEK 10: “Social Inequalities” Competency: * Explain government programs and initiatives in addressing social inequalities e.g. local, national, global  SOCIAL INEQUALITY It is the existence of uneven opportunities and rewards for a diverse social positions or statuses within a group of society. It happens when resources, in whatever nature, are distributed unevenly in most NOTHING IS EQUAL societies. PROGRAMS: Conditional Cash Transfer Program a government program that provides conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor in the Philippines. PROGRAMS: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) the government addressed key national goals: the promotion of equity and social justice, food security and poverty PROGRAMS: SK Reform Act of 2015 A provisions that prohibits political dynasty. It prohibits any person to run in any Sanggunian Kabataan Office either elected or appointed if it has a relative up to second degree. PROGRAMS: Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act a law that institutionalizes free tuition and exemption from other fees in state universities and colleges (SUCs), local universities  SOCIAL INEQUALITY Social Inequalities are correlated also to gender inequality (women and LGBT), ethnic minorities, racial inequality, and person with disabilities. RELEVANT ISSUES IN SOCIAL INEQUALITY 1.GENDER INEQUALITY - Job employment - Opportunities and privileges - Women and LGBTQA+ PROGRAMS: Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development (PPGD) rests on a vision of development that is equitable, sustainable, free from violence, respectful of human rights, supportive of self-determination and the actualization of human potentials, and participatory and PROGRAMS: Magna Carta for Women (MCW) a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination through the recognition, protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of Filipino women, especially those belonging in the marginalized sectors of the society. RELEVANT ISSUES IN SOCIAL INEQUALITY 2.ETHNIC MINORITIES - Labeled as people with minimal knowledge and capabilities - They are also victims of stereotyping, PROGRAMS: Republic Act 8371, or the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) An act to recognize, protect, and promote the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples, creating a National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, establishing implementing mechanisms, appropriating funds thereof, and for other RELEVANT ISSUES IN SOCIAL INEQUALITY 3.RACIAL INEQUALITY - Basis of physical characteristics esp. skin color - Comparison between western and Asian people PROGRAMS: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of a person’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. RELEVANT ISSUES IN SOCIAL INEQUALITY 4.PERSON WITH DISABILITIES - RA 7277 or the Philippine Magna Carta for Disabled Persons defines PWDs as “those suffering from restriction of different abilities… to perform an activity in the manner or within the PROGRAMS: RA 10754 - An Act Expanding The Benefits And Privileges Of Persons With Disability (PWD) RA 10754 aims to provide Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) the opportunity to participate fully into the mainstream of society by granting them at least twenty percent (20%) discount and exemption from the value added tax on the sale of