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Thu, 24 Jul 2008

What Do We Mean by "Feminization of Poverty"?

This ‘one pager’ by the International Poverty Centre (IPC) examines the concept of the ‘feminization of poverty’ and the various ways in which it can be defined. IPC proposes a definition that is in line with many recent studies in the field: the feminization of poverty is a change in poverty levels that is biased against women or female-headed households. More specifically, it is an increase in the difference in poverty levels between women and men, or between households headed by females on the one hand, and those headed my males or couples on the other.

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Fri, 10 Aug 2007

A Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario

Campaign 2000 recently released its report A Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario. This report calls on all Ontario political parties to commit to a "Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario" as they finalize their party platforms for the October election. Campaign 2000 urges all party leaders to commit to a comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario with a target to reduce the number of children and families living in poverty by 25% within 5 years, and 50% in 10 years.Campaign 2000 recently released its report A Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario.

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Mon, 07 May 2007

Solving Poverty: Four cornerstones of a workable national strategy for Canada

In its report Solving Poverty: Four cornerstones of a workable national strategy for Canada, the National Council of Welfare (NCW) advises Canadian governments that a workable solution to poverty is within their reach and that Canada can have the kind of success that other countries are achieving.

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Mon, 07 May 2007

Women and Poverty: A CRIAW Fact Sheet

A newbord child, just because she happens to be born female, is more likely to grow up to be poor as an adult.

Women in Canada are affected by poverty in different ways, depending upon their age, race, ethnicity, lin-guistic background, ability, sexual orientation, citizen-ship etc.

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Mon, 01 Jan 2007

2006 Report Card on Family Poverty

Campaign 2000 has recently released its 2006 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada entitled Oh Canada! Too Many Children in Poverty For Too Long...

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