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1992 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Economic Development and the Feminisation of Poverty
Author : Tuovi Allèn
Published in: Women’s Work in the World Economy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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Feminisation of poverty has become a catch phrase of political discussion in many countries. That is to say, there is a gender bias in poverty and a tendency towards the impoverishment of women. The term itself — feminisation of poverty — was first coined by sociologist Diane Pearce (1978), since when many studies have described the factors which make women particularly prone to economic victimisation.