A recent survey showed that 44.1 percent of single Japanese women aged 65 and older are living in poverty, much higher than the rate for single elderly men. The poverty level is as severe as that ...

Two-thirds of retired renters are in poverty, according to new analysis from the Grattan Institute, with calls for the major ...

A report from the U.N. points out that households headed by single women with young children are at significantly higher risk of living in poverty. This fact was supported by the Wells Fargo ...

Thousands of single mums in the UK are caught in a “poverty trap”, according to new data. New figures show at least a quarter of all adult women rely on Universal Credit to make ends meet in ...

Rental assistance needs to be urgently increased to ensure that Australia's retirees are not living in poverty, COTA ...

About half of single-parent households live below the poverty line. Japanese society also tends to favor full-time male workers, and women often receive lower wages and fewer benefits ...

Consequently, they end up living in shanties”. Feminization of poverty The women in poverty-stricken urban neighbourhoods have been marginalised and trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty ...