Attendance

After our discussion

for today, in our
Homeroom Guidance
messenger class, type
PRESENT PO AKO,
and you learned from
today’s topic.
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs)

Suggest ways to address social inequalities

(local, national and global)
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Define social inequalities.
2. Identify the sources of social inequalities.
3. Suggest ways to address social inequalities.
 Concept Map
DIRECTIONS: Complete the concept map below by writing inside the
circles all the terms or concepts that you can relate to when you hear the
words “Social Inequality”?
 Lesson 11
Ways to Address
Social
Inequalities
 Equality
Equality is about making sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to make the most
of their desire to live. It is also the belief that no one should have poorer life chances
because of the way they were born, where they come from, what they believe, or
whether they have a disability.
Introduction
▪ Living in an unequal society causes stress and status
anxiety, which may damage your health. In more equal
societies people live longer, are less likely to be
mentally ill or obese and there are lower rates of infant
mortality. Social inequality refers to relational
processes in society that have the effect of limiting or
harming a group's social status, social class, and
social circle.
▪ The major examples of social inequality include
gender inequality, health care, social class. In
health care, some individuals receive better and more
professional care compared to others. They are also
expected to pay more for these services.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
1. Educational Attainment
▪ Inequality and Educational Attainment is
evidence from many instances. The reality of
Rich can get better education in an easy way
but poor hardly get their diploma.
Educational inequality is the unequal
distribution of academic resources and still
needs policies that encourage educational
attainment for men and women based on
merit, rather than gender.
Social Inequalities
Social inequality in education is an enduring feature of the
twentieth century. There have been changes in which
social groups are advantaged and disadvantaged, but
groups that are disadvantaged in the larger society are
generally—though not always—disadvantaged with
respect to educational achievement and attainment, if not
with respect to educational opportunities. Many societies
have implemented changes that make access to
education formally more open to disadvantaged groups,
but these changes and reforms have not succeeded in
creating equality of educational outcomes. (P. Barnhouse
Walters, in International Encyclopedia of the Social &
Behavioral Sciences, 2001)
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
2. Wealth and poverty

▪ Social Inequality brought about by unequal

distribution of wealth. The Covid19 pandemic
teaches us the advantages of the upper and
the lower class. Evidently the struggles get
by middle and lower class compare to the
upper class. There’s a huge different
between allocation of wealthy and the poor
in many ways.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
3. Power

Power in the context of Social

inequality connotes economic,
cultural and social positions.
Thus, there’s symbolic with is
reputation and certain position
in society.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
4. Gender Inequality
Acknowledges that men and women are not equal and
that gender affects an individual's living experience.
These differences arise from distinctions in biology,
psychology, and cultural norms. Some of these
distinctions are empirically grounded while others
appear to be socially constructed. Studies show the
different lived experience of genders across many
domains including education, life expectancy,
personality, interests, family life, careers, and political
affiliations. Gender inequality is experienced differently
across different cultures.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
4. Gender Inequality

• In some countries, women are paid relatively

lower than men due to their sexuality and
biological differences.
• The LGBT community has always been
treated indifferently and discriminatively
because they do not fall within a biologically
gender group.
▪ Philippine government recognizes the gender inequalities and trying to
solve the problem. And to address these issues there are some laws to
insure the gender equally must be properly addressed. Here are the
following proofs that Philippine government trying to address the said
issues:
1. Philippine Law
➢ R.A. 7610 or also known as Women and Children rights or This Act
shall be known as the “Special Protection of Children Against
Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.”
➢ The Philippines has finally enacted gender equality legislation after
years of lobbying from female rights campaigners. Former President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the country's Magna Carta of
Women, helping to define gender discrimination and outlining
approaches to eliminate it on August 14, 2009.
➢ and other related law passed by our legislature.
 2. Allowing Top Government Position to be handle by women
➢ Women nowadays taking top position both in private and
government posts, former President Corazon Aquino and Former
President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo, not to Former Supreme
Court Justice Maria Lourdes Serreno.
➢ Philippine government keeps on encouraging more effective
dialogue and consultative process and strengthening access to
justice remains a priority. This will help to bridge the cultural
divide that gives rise to discrimination and exclusion and will
increase the voice of indigenous people’s decision-making at
every level. It will also help to build fair and shared solutions to
the conflicts that emerge over ancestral lands and the use of
natural resources.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
5. Local Inequality
Current state of the Indigenous Cultural
communities. Ethnic group is involved in the local
inequality. Sometimes, they are less fortunate whose
right are violated with rich people. An ascribed
status, a form of organization, a focus of identity and
a subculture are the characteristics of an ethnic
group.
Institutional completeness is the development of a
strong sense of solidarity, an ethnic identity, and
ethnic institutions by an ethnic population.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
6. National Inequality

Economic and Political current circumstances.

Economic policy is a national interest and it gives
direction to the future. If national government fail
to do its job effectively and candid way ----- the
equilibrium of the rich and the poor arises much.
Thus, if political policies fail to give national
interest for all with consideration of better futures,
then discrimination also take place.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
7. Global / International Inequality
International inequality refers to the idea of inequality between
countries. This can be compared to global inequality which is
inequality between people across countries. This may refer to
economic differences between countries. As well as medical care
and education differences.
Inequality does not exist only in societies and states, but also
among states. There are states that are wealthier and more
powerful than other states, and the former end up being more
influential in the global community. This leads to a situation of
global inequality, where poorer and less powerful states end up
being controlled and influenced the richer and more powerful
states.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
7. Global / International Inequality

• Refers to the idea of inequality between

countries. This can be compared to global
inequality between people across
countries.
• This may refer to economic as well as
medical care and education differences
between countries.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
8. Other Minorities

• This may include people with disabilities or people

with religions that are less prevalent in society.
• Persons with Disability (PWD) are those who have
long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory
impairments which in interaction with various
barriers may hinder their full effective participation
in society on an equal basis with others.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
9. Ethnic Minorities

• Because some minorities live traditionalistic

lives far away from the city and technology,
and some may appear differently than usual,
they have been consistently labeled and
treated as people with minimal knowledge
and capabilities.
Factors that contribute to social
inequality
10. Access to social, political, and symbolic
capital

• Political inequality - The distance between

masses and the decision makers, the more
layers of authority and the decision, the greater
the political inequality.
• Symbolic Capital -Refers to the resources
available to a group or individual on the basis of
honor, prestige, recognition, and serves as the
value that holds within a culture.
 Process Questions
1. Do you agree that men and women
should be treated the same way? Explain
your answer.
2. Do you think men and women today have
equal opportunities in our society?
Why or why not?
 Activity
Direction: Think of
Social Inequality here in
the Philippines then
write your answer inside
the first diagram box.
Complete the diagram
by writing the cause and
effects the said social
inequality.
 Group Activity
Written Activity # ___
Direction: Suggest ways
to address local, national
and international
inequalities. Local means
in your locality; National
refers to the nation as a
whole; global refers to the
whole world. How will you
address the inequalities
enumerated below based
on the provided scope of
such inequalities.