Meaning Feminization of poverty
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Feminization of poverty


A series of phenomena within poverty affect men and women differently, resulting in poor women outnumbering poor men, women suffering more severe poverty than men, and female poverty displaying a more [..]
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Feminization of poverty


A process by which increasing proportions of the poor are women and children.
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Feminization of poverty


a trend for the poorest people in a western society to be women. It is attributed to a range of factors including single parent families with little support from the father and a dependency on jobs wi [..]
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Feminization of poverty


The feminization of poverty is the “growing female share of the population living under the poverty line” (p.7).
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Feminization of poverty


The increasing number of women and children falling below the poverty line.
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