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The concept of the 'feminization of poverty' dates back to the 1970s and became popular in the 1990s through some United Nations documents. [5] [6] It became a prominent in popular society after a study focusing on gender patterns in the evolution of poverty rates in the United States was released.
A homeless mother and her child; The U.S. A homeless woman in Washington, D.C. When the UN declared the world “Homeless Crisis” in the mid 1980s, it set the stage for the politicized “feminization of poverty” discourse that had developed from initial research efforts on female poverty and homelessness. [8]
The number of rural women living in extreme poverty rose by about 50 percent over the past twenty years. [3] Women in rural poverty live under the same harsh conditions as their male counterparts, but experience additional cultural and policy biases which undervalue their work in both the informal, and if accessible, formal labor markets. [5]
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Feminization of poverty, a phenomenon in which women represent disproportionate percentages of the world's poor Feminisation of the workplace , the trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these more 'feminine' modes of interaction
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Feminization of the workplace – Lower paying female-dominated occupations such as (1) food preparation, food-serving and other food-related occupations, and (2) personal care and service. [ 3 ] Feminization of smoking – The phrase torches of freedom is emblematic of the phenomenon of tobacco shifting from being seen as a male activity to ...
"What is a world when wealth is feminized? It is a better world, for everybody."