Issue 7: Equality

Organizations are increasingly taking action to ensure that everyone has equal access to recruitment, development and opportunities. In the past decade, we’ve made great strides in ensuring equal pay for equal work and protecting people from discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or disability. But there are still many obstacles to achieving these goals at a global level. And there are larger questions of financial inclusion and digitization that no one person can answer.

Real people talk banks

What hurdles remain for regular people trying to participate in the global financial system? We talked to eight people around the world to find out.

How will tech advances affect the skilled vs. unskilled pay gap?

Two experts debate the changing wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers.

How to use payroll data for good

Data gathered through voluntary self-identification is the key to identifying and fixing discrimination-based pay gaps within an organization.