Feminization of poverty facts for kids

Feminization of poverty means today women are more likely to be poor than men, and the number of poor women is going up. Poverty means not having enough money for basic needs such as food, water, shelter, or toilets. There are several causes for the feminization of poverty.

• Sexism
• Unemployment
• Lone mother households
• Lower income - although in some places it is illegal to pay a woman less than a man for doing the same work, the practice still occurs.

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  Mothers often experience poverty more extremely because they have more demands on time, energy and resources. This woman farmer in Northern Kenya is part of a mother support group that creates peer support across 13 mothers, to learn about parenting and economic practices.

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In Spanish: Feminización de la pobreza para niños