Plans to rebuild shattered economies after the new coronavirus pandemic offer a chance to create greener, fairer societies amid growing anger worldwide at rising inequality, the civil society group CIVICUS said on Thursday.
The crisis has deepened and laid bare economic inequalities, with many essential roles such as food delivery and medical care undertaken by people with low pay, job insecurity and few social safety nets, the international civic action organization said.
"This is really a turning point," chief programs officer Mandeep Tiwana said in an interview from New York, adding that desperation could boil over into unrest if action was not taken.