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Extremely extremely poor Jumla women of rural Nepal.Photo:Action Works Nepal.

Women & Extreme Poverty - Intersectionality of Rights Issues

 

*Hunger, Nutrition/Malnutrition

*Health - Physical & Mental

 Reproductive Health

*Maternal & Infant Mortality

*Water & Sanitation

*Education, Illiteracy

*Child Labour

*Child Marriage & Motherhood

*Forced Marriage

*Preference for Males

*Land, Housing/Shelter

 Land-Grabbing, Forced Evictions

 Homelessness - Slums

*War & Conflict

*Refugee Status

*Internal Displacement

*Safety - Violence - Rape

*Prostitution

*Trafficking

*Lack of Legal Defense

*Migration

*Minority & Indigenous Issues

*Culture & Traditions

*Climate Change Issues

*Natural Disasters

*Widows Discrimination

*Women & Girls with Disabilities

*Lifespan - Ageing Women - Survival

*Exposure to Environmental Hazards