While equality promotes equal opportunities for all individuals regardless of their needs, equity aims to balance the inequalities among them, considering their unique characteristics and promoting equal access to resources to achieve the same outcome.
The Lion , the monkey and the rabbit may all occupy the same sized stools in the Circus show. At the Crack of the whip, each one performs their designated acts. But can the 3 actually claim to be equals merely because they are occupying same type of stools in a particular Circus act ??? That would be a folly.
Equity seeks to address people’s needs so that they have genuine access to the same opportunities, taking into account all the circumstances that set them apart.
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