WOMEN & POVERTY

Women bear a disproportionate burden of the world’s poverty. According to some estimates, women represent 70 percent of the world’s poor. Statistics indicate that women are more likely than men to be poor and at risk of hunger because of the systematic discrimination they face in education, health care, employment and control of assets. Poverty implications are widespread for women, leaving many without even basic rights such as access to clean drinking water, sanitation, medical care and decent employment. Being poor can also mean women have little protection from violence and have no role in decision making.

Privilege, Power, Poverty, Inequality: An Economy for the 1%

http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/an-economy-for-the-1-how-privilege-and-power-in-the-economy-drive-extreme-inequ-592643?utm_source=oxf.am&utm_medium=ZniS&utm_content=redirect

Извор: WUNRN – 18.01.2016