SHS – Understanding Culture Society and Politics

Second Quarter
Worksheet No. 5
Global/Social Inequality and Government Programs

Activity 1

Direction:Read and Analyze. Please refer to the link

https://ourworldindata.org/global-inequality-of-opportunity. Complete the chart by
filling up the columns with your insights about the concept in Global
Inequality/Social Inequality among the countries mentioned in the link. Write your
answers on your worksheet.

FACTS ABOUT GLOBAL

INEQUALITY
1. Health
 In several African
countries 1 out of 10
children born today are
more likely to die before
they are 5 years old.
Unlike in the countries of
Europe and East Asia, 1
out of 25o will die before
he or she is 5 years old.
 The status of a country
reflects to the health status of
its people.
Advantages Disadvantages
1. For people living in a more Child mortality rate will
developed or richer increase if not immediately
country, they tend to have supervised.
greater access to medical
programs and services. This could stimulate the
undying discrimination and
2. Residents from rich racism to African People.
countries could live more
and experience most out of This would possibly be a
life. cause of migration of
residents due to lack of vital
services resulting to
3. Countries having poor economic loss.
medical access are likely to
seek health assistance and
services from other
countries that have better
facilities, that will be quite
beneficial for them.

4. The mortality rate from

several countries of Africa
could be a medium to raise
awareness to people and
other country and put an
immediate action from
their government.

5. Knowing this could inform

other people and country to
lend support and voluntary
programs to some African
countries.
2. Wealth 1. Countries having higher 1. This could establish
 GDP indicate a positive
 Comparing the GDP per economic strength and able
capita of Switzerland, to support various
$57,410 to the GDP per programs that could help
capita of Central African their people and the
Republic, $661, it has country as well.
approximately $56,749
difference. This shows the
2. Having high GDP per capita
disparity of the 2 countries
in terms of its economic rates shows the good
growth and production. relationship of people and
government.
3. For countries having low
GDP per capita, it could be 3. Poverty rate will
an agent for change and
arousal of programs that
will ameliorate their
situation.
3.Education
1. Increase awareness about
-Impoverished families the unending burden of
experience difficulty in poverty and lack of
accessing education resulting education.
to failure in attaining diploma.
2. This could also be a way for
-Failure to finish basic and
impoverished families to
tertiary education usually
results to unemployment or seek out the importance of
establishing low wage jobs. formal education.
3. The government may
inaugurate new programs
and projects that may
alleviate the families
experiencing such issue.
Activity #2.
discrimination and
mortification of other
people or countries to
those counties having
small GDP Per Capita.
2. It could lead to
transnational
migration and loss of
skillful workers to the
country or “brain
drain”.
increase.
1. Without programs
to mitigate the
issue, this could
worsen the
situations of many
unfortunate
families.
2. Due to lack of
knowledge, this
might unlock new
nation’s problem.
3. Since family
planning and sex
education belongs
to the learning
curriculums, this
will cause
misconceptions,
confusions and poor
knowledge to
oneself and others.
4. Unemployment and
families living in
slums will increase.
Direction: Complete the table by listing down the government programs that
address global inequality based on the types of Social Inequality. Write your
answer in the worksheet.
5 TYPES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
1. Political Inequality
2. Income and Wealth
3. Treatment and Responsibility
4 Life Inequality
5. Membership Inequality
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
Anti-Political Dynasty Act
 The Tax Reform for Acceleration and
Inclusion (TRAIN)
 The Microfinance Program
 Women’s Welfare Program (WWP)
 Tax Reform Cash Transfer Project
 Adoption and Foster Care
 International Social Welfare Services for
Filipino (ISWSFN)
 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
 KALAHI-CIDSS (Kapit Bisig Laban sa
Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services)
 Free housing program
 Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged
Mamayan (Tupad)
 KALAHI-CIDSS (Kapit Bisig Laban sa
Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services)
 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps):
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