1. SESSION 2: Equal and unequal sharing
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SESSION 2: Equal and unequal sharing
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2. EQUAL SHARING
Imagine that you have a set of six pencils and three children. How would you share out the pencils equally?
[The contents of this slide appear in three stages, ending up with two pencils in each circle. Click forward to show the pencils evenly distributed.]

3. UNEQUAL SHARING
How would you share out the pencils so that they were unequally distributed?
[The contents of this slide appear in three stages. Click forward to show the pencils unevenly distributed.]

4. WHAT DOES INEQUALITY MEAN?
We can think of inequality as the difference between the things some groups of people have compared to other groups of people.
It is a bit like looking at how a big a slice of cake one person has compared to another.
Photo credit: Liz Newbon/Oxfam

5. INEQUALITY BETWEEN COUNTRIES
There is inequality between countries in the world.
This means things are not shared fairly between countries.
For example, some countries are wealthy while others are extremely poor.

6. INEQUALITY WITHIN COUNTRIES
There is also inequality within countries?
This means things are not shared fairly within the same country.
For example, some people may have a lot more money than others.
Have a look at these pairs of pictures, each pair was taken in the same country.

7. The following sequence of photographs shows pairs of images from the same country, emphasising within-country inequality.
Country: Ethiopia
Image info: Traffic in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
Photo credit: "Addis Abeba, Ethiopia" by Giustino - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons -

8. Country: Ethiopia
Image info: People on their way to collect water from hand-dug open wells in the river bed.
Photo credit: Jane Beesley/Oxfam

9. Country: India
Image info: A night scene in Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh.
Photo credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

10. Country: India
Image info: Housing for the wealthier upper middle class rise above the shacks that are home to the residents of a slum area called Shanti Busti. 
Photo credit: Tom Pietrasik/Oxfam

11. Point out that there is inequality in richer countries like the UK as well as in poorer countries like Ethiopia and India. This photograph shows a wealthy part of London.
Country: UK
Image info: Knightsbridge in London, England.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

12. This photograph shows a much poorer part of the UK.
Country: UK
Image info: a deprived and boarded-up area of Govan in Glasgow, Scotland.
Photo credit: Andy Hall/Oxfam

13. THINKING ABOUT INEQUALITY
Inequality is not just about how money is shared between and within countries.
There can also be inequality in the kinds of opportunities people have in life.
Clockwise from top left.
Access to water
Image info: A boy collects water from a well in Dargalar, Azerbaijan.
Photo credit: David Levene/Oxfam
Access to play
Image info: Lucas lives in Macuscani, a small town high in the mountains of Peru.
Photo credit: Annie Bungeroth/Oxfam
Access to education
Image info: Students at a girls’ school in the village of Sanjar Bhatti, Kambar Shahdad Kot district, Sindh Province, Pakistan. From left to right- Gori Bhatt, Amna Khatoon Brohi and Shazzia Bhatti.
Photo credit: Irina Werning/Oxfam
Access to health care
Image info: Dr Amen Yagoub looks at Barka, 6, at the Maddodha Health Clinic in Sayoun, Yemen.
Photo credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
Access to technology
Image info: Women’s leader Noorkishili Naing’isa receives a call on her mobile phone while grazing her livestock in Mairowa Chini, Ololosokwan, Ngorongoro, Tanzania.
Photo credit: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam

14. Access to water Access to water
Image info: A boy collects water from a well in Dargalar, Azerbaijan.
Photo credit: David Levene/Oxfam

15. Access to play Access to play
Image info: Lucas lives in Macuscani, a small town high in the mountains of Peru.
Photo credit: Annie Bungeroth/Oxfam

16. Access to education Access to education
Image info: Students at a girls’ school in the village of Sanjar Bhatti, Kambar Shahdad Kot district, Sindh Province, Pakistan. From left to right- Gori Bhatt, Amna Khatoon Brohi and Shazzia Bhatti.
Photo credit: Irina Werning/Oxfam

17. Access to healthcare Access to health care
Image info: Dr Amen Yagoub looks at Barka, 6, at the Maddodha Health Clinic in Sayoun, Yemen.
Photo credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

18. Access to technology Access to technology
Image info: Women’s leader Noorkishili Naing’isa receives a call on her mobile phone while grazing her livestock in Mairowa Chini, Ololosokwan, Ngorongoro, Tanzania.
Photo credit: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam