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GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON EXTREME
POVERTY & HUMAN RIGHTS - WOMEN
Website of the UN Special Rapporteur
on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/SRExtremePovertyIndex.aspx
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WOMEN, POVERTY & ECONOMICS - UN
Women
Women bear a disproportionate burden of the world’s poverty. Statistics indicate that women are more likely than men to be poor and at risk of hunger because of the systematic discrimination they face in education, health care, employment and control of assets. Poverty implications are widespread for women, leaving many without even basic rights such as access to clean drinking water, sanitation, medical care and decent employment. Being poor can also mean they have little protection from violence and have no role in decision making. According to some estimates, women represent 70 percent of the world’s poor. ________________________________________________
