Category: Poverty

Poverty’s Chains: Eroding Children’s Fundamental Rights Poverty’s Multifaceted Grip: Beyond Economics to Dignity and Fundamental Rights In general, poverty is defined as a state of existence in which a person does not have the necessities of life. A poor person ‘lacks what he or she needs,’ and a poor child is a child who lacks…

Poverty and the Rising Tide of Female Economic Struggles: A Global Perspective The total number of people living in poverty worldwide is now over 1.3 billion. 70 percent of that 1.3 billion people are women and female-headed households (Marcoux, 1998, p. 131). That is 910 million women affected by poverty. The feminization of poverty is…