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Women & Poverty
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Women bear a disproportionate burden of the world’s poverty. According to some
estimates, women represent 70 percent of the world’s poor.
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.
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Direct Link to Full 141-Page
2014 Report:
Report Summary – 35 Pages:
Time to End Extreme Inequality
Economic Inequality Has Reached Extreme Levels
From
Ghana to Germany, Italy to Indonesia, the gap between rich and poor is widening.
In 2013, seven out of 10 people lived in countries where economic inequality
was worse than 30 years ago, and in 2014 Oxfam calculated that just 85 people
owned as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity.
Extreme
inequality corrupts politics and hinders economic growth.
It
exacerbates gender inequality, and causes a range of health and social
problems. It stifles social mobility, keeping some families poor for
generations, while others enjoy year after year of privilege. It fuels crime
and even violent conflict. These corrosive consequences affect us all, but the
impact is worst for the poorest people.
In Even
it Up: Time to End Extreme Inequality Oxfam presents new evidence that the
gap between rich and poor is growing ever wider and is undermining poverty
eradication.
If
India stopped inequality from rising, 90 million more men and women could be
lifted out of extreme poverty by 2019.
This report delves into the causes of the inequality crisis and looks at
the concrete solutions that can overcome it. Drawing on case studies from around the world the report
demonstrates the impact that rising inequality is having on rich and poor
countries alike and explores the different ways that people and governments are
responding to it.
The
world has woken up to the gap between the rich and rest and are already
demanding a world that is fairer. This report supports a new campaign to join
this growing movement to end extreme inequality and Even It Up.
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