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Feminization of Poverty

The International Poverty Centre has just published a one-pager on the Feminization of Poverty, by Marcelo Madeiros and  Joana Costa.

The “feminization of poverty” is an idea that dates back to the 1970s. It was popularized at the start of the 1990s, not least in research by United Nation agencies. The concept has various meanings, some of which are not entirely consistent with its implicit notion of change. We propose a definition that is in line with many recent studies in the field: the feminization of poverty is a change in poverty levels that is biased against women or female-headed households.

 

 Read more on Gender and Poverty in our current Fridays Academy series, every Friday in this blog.


July 8, 2008 | 11:07 AM Comments  0 comments

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