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| The "Feminization of Poverty" and Women's Human Rights |
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| For programs to eliminate or alleviate poverty there must be attention to gender inequality and women’s human rights. |
| The paper finds cross-regional variation in the economic status of female-headed households, based partly on the social policy or political regime, and partly on women’s access to employment and property. Intra-household inequalities are found to exacerbate the vulnerability of women and girls; the problem may be most severe in parts of South Asia, and may also vary by social class. The paper confirms that the poverty-inducing nature of neoliberal restructuring has been especially severe on women. Although the claim that the majority of the world’s poor are women cannot be substantiated, the disadvantaged position of women is incontestable. If poverty is to be seen as a denial of human rights, it should be recognized that the women among the poor suffer doubly from the denial of their human rights – first on account of gender inequality, second on account of poverty. Therefore, programs to eliminate or alleviate poverty require attention to gender inequality and women’s human rights. |
| Article File Feminization of Poverty.pdf |
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| Author(s)
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Valentine Moghadam |
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July 2005
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UNESCO |
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Paris
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SHS Papers in Women's Studies/ Gender Research
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| Keywords
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female-headed households, feminization of poverty, neoliberal economic policies, gender equality |
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