title: Equity, by what measure?
abstract: Equity has in many instances been framed around the notion of fairness. But the metric used to determine what is fair leaves some people at a disadvantage because the things that they value are not always taken properly into account. If I value mangoes and you value oranges is a measure of fairness based on how many oranges I seek appropriate? If I am expected to give up my love of mangoes in order to get ahead is that fair? The debate about judging equity - about measuring fairness - needs to find the conceptual and methodological space to allow the voices and claims of the other to be heard.
authors.affiliation: Office of System Performance and Aboriginal Policy, Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory Government, Casuarina Northern Territory 0811. shane.houston@nt.gov.au
authors.forename: Shane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houston
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D018595:Colonialism / Q000266:history; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012935:Social Justice; D012945:Social Values