Steps toward dismantling poverty for working, poor women

Issue title: Women, Work and Culture

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Froehlich, Jeanette

Affiliations: University of New England, 11 Hills Beach Road, Biddeford, ME 04005, USA. Tel.: +1 207 283 0170 x2292; E-mail: jfroehlich@une.edu

Abstract: The majority of the world's poor people are women and many of them spend long hours doing paid and unpaid work. Pay inequities between men and women persist and income inequalities between the rich and poor are deepening. Working poor females, especially working poor mothers, struggle against considerable odds. This situation, and some steps that healthcare professionals can take toward dismantling poverty are addressed.

Keywords: income inequality, working class women, poverty and motherhood, structural approach, dismantling poverty, empowerment

Journal: Work, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 401-408, 2005