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Please read BOTH parts of this WUNRN release on Women & Poverty, and including India example with photo.

 

UNIFEM - WOMEN & POVERTY

http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/women_poverty_economics/at_a_glance.php

Reducing Women's Poverty and Exclusion

Since poverty traps women in multiple layers of discrimination and hinders their ability to claim their rights, ending feminized poverty has always been a core UNIFEM priority. Not only do women bear a disproportionate burden of the world's poverty, but in some cases, globalization has widened the gap, with women losing more than their share of jobs, benefits and labour rights.

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Full Article - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/world/asia/27ragpickers.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin

 

New Delhi Journal

India - Picking Up Trash by Hand, and Yearning for Dignity

J. Adam Huggins for The International Herald Tribune

Manorama Begum hauls her garbage cart in New Delhi, picking up trash for a living and using a whistle to signal her arrival.

By AMELIA GENTLEMAN

September 27, 2007

 

NEW DELHI — After a bad day at work, Manorama Begum can hardly keep from vomiting. After a good day, she is merely disinclined to eat for a few hours, until the stench has receded from her nostrils and her fingernails have been scrubbed clean.

 

A garbage collector in India’s capital, Ms. Begum is one of 300,000 little-seen workers who perform a vital role for the city: rifling through the detritus of modern life, recycling anything of worth and carefully disposing of the rest.................

 

Full Article - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/world/asia/27ragpickers.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin





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