1. The Feminization of Poverty
... to be poor as an adult. Women form the majority of the poor in Canada. Morris (2014) supports this by indicating that "one in seven (2.4 million) Canadian women is living in poverty today" (para.3). To illustrate the prevalence of poverty among women in Canada, Morris provides a variety of reflexive Canadian statistics. Not only are women disadvantage in general, they ... , "51.6% of lone parent families headed by women are poor" (Morris, 2014, para.4). Similarly, approximately 40% of single senior women are also living in poverty. When considering disabled women, the majority of women a...
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