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Still Caught in a Trap: The Continued Povertization of Women

Still Caught in a Trap: The Continued Povertization of Women Structural decreases in access to services and income make womenincreasingly vulnerable to poverty. Guided by liberal feminist-structuraltheory, this article reviews three social constraints that uniquelycontribute to women's poverty: the confines on the family system, theconditions ofwomen's work world, and the design of support systems.It then examines antipoverty programs in the United States andabroad and presents recommendations for social work practice. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Still Caught in a Trap: The Continued Povertization of Women

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SAGE
Copyright
Copyright © by SAGE Publications
ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/088610999701200305
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Abstract

Structural decreases in access to services and income make womenincreasingly vulnerable to poverty. Guided by liberal feminist-structuraltheory, this article reviews three social constraints that uniquelycontribute to women's poverty: the confines on the family system, theconditions ofwomen's work world, and the design of support systems.It then examines antipoverty programs in the United States andabroad and presents recommendations for social work practice.

Journal

Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Oct 1, 1997

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