From: Priti Darooka <pdarooka@pwescr.org>
Date: Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 12:18 PM
Subject: () Women, Poverty, Economics & Inequality
To: womenescr@googlegroups.com, Womens Livelihoods <womenslivelihoods@gmail.com>
Source: WUNRN
Women, Poverty & Economics
Women bear a disproportionate burden of the world’s poverty. 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 they have little protection from violence and have no role in decision making. According to some estimates, women represent 70 percent of the world’s poor.
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WORKING FOR THE FEW: POLITCAL CAPTURE & ECONOMIC INEQUALITY - WOMEN
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WEF’s Global Outlook report, (World Economic Forum - Davos 2014) published in November, warned inequality is undermining social stability and ‘threatening security on a global scale.’
Oxfam wants governments to take urgent action to reverse the trend. “Without a concerted effort to tackle inequality, the cascade of privilege and of disadvantage will continue down the generations. We will soon live in a world where equality of opportunity is just a dream. In too many countries economic growth already amounts to little more than a ‘winner takes all’ windfall for the richest.”
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