Feminization of Poverty

    The feminization of poverty means the trend towards more and more of the burden of poverty being bourne by women.

Causes of the FOP:

1. Women are paid less.
2. Occupational segregation - jobs that women are socialized to go for, often pay less.
3. Divorce tend.
4. Woment tend to outlive their husbrands and money can run out.
5. Demographic changes mean that increasing number of women - maintained families where there are no men bringing in money.
6. Welfare no longer exists.
7. Steucture of the workforce women tend to go into lower paying professions. Place where women can get jobs often are partime, halftime, second, no banefits.
8. Many womens job dont have medical banefits.
9. Government tends to find the olderly instead of children and mothers.