This month’s research digest from Ipsos around the world looks at headlines of the coronavirus crisis, while exploring a range of different topics, including gender equality at work, digital health and the sustainability agenda.
Global Trends 2020: Understanding Complexity provides a single-source dataset of over 200 questions Ipsos asked of people in 33 markets, on global opinions, attitudes and behaviours around brands, technology, society, consumerism and much more, and combines it with expert analysis by trend specialists.
79% of online South Africans believe the nation is on the wrong track, however, this feeling of unease with the direction a country is taking is rather widespread
To many South Africans, it would seem as if 2020 is likely to bring “more of the same” - drought, economic woes and a low growth rate, political uncertainty and squabbling within and between political parties, load shedding and concerns about unemployment. So, it is no surprise that South Africans view the year ahead with trepidation. However, not everyone feels the same and although working and non-working people are almost unanimous in their views, younger South Africans are more optimistic than older people, and political party allegiance does make a difference to views on the future.
With the focus on Women during August, the demonstrations in Cape Town at the same time as the WEF conference on Africa and the attention in the media the last few weeks on incidents of gender-based violence, Ipsos examines the diverse opinions that South Africans have towards issues of women’s place in marital relations as well as violence towards women
New global study shows majority support for the principle of people seeking refuge from war or persecution, but concerns remain – the majority are suspicious most refugees are not genuine and worries about integration are growing.
On Human Rights Day it is important that we look at how South Africans experience the practice of their human rights – and clearly, they feel as if equal human rights are still not within our grasp.
