The Origins of the Feminization of Poverty The United Nations Development Fund for Women reports that women are still the poorest of the world’s poor, representing 70% of the 1.3 billion people who live in absolute poverty. They also estimate that nearly 900 million women in the world have incomes of less than $1 a day. In the United States alone, women are about 50 percent more likely to be poor than men. The feminization of poverty in America …showed first 75 words of 1805 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1805 total…to battle the problems of the gender wage gap and the issues elderly women have with pension plans. All of these trends contribute to the overwhelming majority of women in poverty. With the cut off time of welfare benefits fast approaching the government or private institutions (depending on one’s political opinions) must do something to counteract these trends and they must do something quickly, before the feminization of poverty in America reaches epidemic proportions.