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 ...

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 ...

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

Most Australians can look forward to a comfortable retirement. More than three in four retirees own their own home, most ...

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 ...

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

Eurostat research has found that about 11% of people in the EU cannot keep their houses warm enough. The highest shares were ...

Rising rents and falling home ownership have pushed two-thirds of renting retirees into poverty, a Grattan Institute report has found, warning the problem will worsen for future generations.

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 ...