Women & Poverty (SCLY1)
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- Created on: 12-04-15 12:23
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- Why are women in poverty?
- Low pay.
- Patriarchy and the glass ceiling effect in the workplace.
- More likely to work part-time and take career breaks to raise children.
- Therefore have low income and find it hard to get back into work.
- They go without.
- To provide for their children (eg. food and clothes).
- High childcare costs.
- Childcare costs in the UK are the highest in the western world.
- This with lone parenthood (poverty).
- Lone parenthood.
- Only one wage earner and high childcare equals poverty.
- They may have to be unemployed(LP).
- To look after children and therefore rely on benefits which are very low.
- Low pay.
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