Citing rising inequality between the wealthy and not-so-wealthy, an Australian professor has called the Philippines a “purgatory for the poor”. Prof. Gill Boehringer, a former Dean of Macquarie University Law School in Sydney turned human rights advocate, said in a statement released by Philippine human rights group Karapatan that “inequality in the country worsens, hunger and poverty continue at high rates, while lack of jobs and child labour remain significant problems.”
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:35:12 +0000
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