It is an easy assumption that all lives matter when not ALL lives are being disproportionately impacted by violence, injustice, poorly equipped schools, disparity in criminal "no justice" systems and overt racism.
Disparity in quality of education between nursing schools, disparity in performance of nursing levels, disparity of working conditions across regions and nursing levels, and disparity in geographical and financial access to nursing education are only a few equity problems plaguing the nursing workforce in Lebanon.
In developing countries where, on average, only one in five girls completes primary school the disparity is even greater.
Challenges in girls' education Despite success in sending children to school, gender disparity trends in education remain worrisome.
However, once we add in the subjects that these students study at A-level as well as the grades they achieve, the picture becomes rather more murky; social class disparities in the likelihood of an offer from a Russell Group university largely disappear – though school type disparities still hold – perhaps evidence that privately educated kids are coached into making better applications.
Second, even if we could find a way to eliminate school funding disparities, separate can never be truly equal.
And with fewer girls than boys in schools, gender disparity in education reduces women's labor productivity, another well-established fact.
"Nationwide, school finance disparities continue to seriously undermine the mission of this country's public schools," the report reads.
Advocates for low-income students could also make an indirect equal protection case about Proposition 13's effect on school funding disparities.
Globally, there are just 96 girls for every 100 boys in primary school, with disparities at the secondary level even more acute.
