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  2. Feminization of poverty - Wikipedia

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    The feminization of poverty is a contested idea with a multitude of meanings and layers. Marcielo M. and Joana C. define feminization of poverty in two parts: feminization, and poverty. Feminization designates gendered change; something becoming more feminine, by extension more familiar or severe among women or female-headed households.

  3. Feminization (sociology) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Women migrant workers from developing countries - Wikipedia

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    The increase in proportion of women migrant workers since the early twentieth century is often referred to as the "feminization of migration". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Most women migrant workers come from developing countries to high-income countries , [ 5 ] with significant impacts on both their countries of origin and destination countries.

  5. Feminization of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The feminization of agriculture has been associated with food insecurity through poverty and limited crop yields. Structural adjustment of the 1990s abolished fertilizer and seed subsidies to rural farmers. [12] This has decreased crop growing potential and profitability. With some household's being on the brink of food-insecurity.

  6. Feminization - Wikipedia

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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

  7. Homeless women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The feminization of poverty resulted in the exponential growth of this demographic, with reports concluding that 60% of poor families with children during the 1990s were single mother households. Among this demographic, single African American women and mothers were further stigmatized due to generational traumas and unconscious bias passed ...

  8. Gender Parity Index - Wikipedia

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    For example, a low primary GPI is an indication that women in a particular nation or region are restricted from acquiring basic literacy skills. [ 10 ] World gender parity index (1970–2020)

  9. Poverty - Wikipedia

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    The definition of relative poverty varies from one country to another, or from one society to another. [2] Statistically, as of 2019, most of the world's population live in poverty: in PPP dollars, 85% of people live on less than $30 per day, two-thirds live on less than $10 per day, and 10% live on less than $1.90 per day. [3]