WOMEN’S DISEMPOWERMENT THROUGH THE LENS OF POVERTY Understanding Factors of the “Feminization of Poverty” Phenomenon Nancy Agapito 1

Total and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers With Earnings by Sex: 1967 to Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1968 to 2012 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.

Optical Perspective Outline I. Growth of female-headed households public & private divide -sexual division of labor II. Intra-household inequalities against women and girls division of labor at home III. Neoliberal economic policies Income inequality dichotomous labor market and welfare system IV. Intersection of class, race, gender V. Role of the state 3 Source: Google Images

Conclusion Poverty effects: Children at risk of being underfed, physically underdeveloped, and undereducated Can lead to violence and prostitution and/or human trafficking What needs to be done: Enlargement of employment Adopt a specific perspective to combat women’s poverty Provision of social support 4