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MuthuarasiAIR 225

Question Q.9GS2GS1

"Poverty has a woman's face." What do you understand by "feminization of poverty"? What role can women empowerment play in poverty reduction?

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Introduction

Poverty is a state of inability to meet one's own needs. Women are more prone to poverty due to:

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Main Body

Low educational attainment (Female literacy rate 47%)
Economic dependence on Male (Spouse, Father, Brother)

◎ No income security

Time poverty – gender role:

➤ On average women do 7 hours of household chores compared to male seminarist

This reduces time spent on individual development

➤ Double burden (employment + gender role) leads to drop out rate in working women population

➤ Social dimension:

➤ Childcare/segment in employment opportunities

◎ Maternity Benefit – employer consider it as added burden to employ women

➤ Economic dimension:

➤ Lack ownership over property

➤ Poor entrepreneurship due to low social acceptance

➤ glass ceiling effect & glass cliff effect (low women CEOs)

Reformation of women at household level leads to Reformed society
Notion of Social Reform Movement

◎ Educated women => Better health indicators

◎ Reproductive health – Spacing between children and informed reproductive right

=> More opportunity in employment => Unique agility => Breaking patriarchy

◎ Adoption of policies easily – empowered women worked decisions by IEC campaign/voter output

◎ Population control measure success fully among empowered women

◎ Economic well being – entrepreneurship and innovation

◎ Faguini Nagar – "Nyataa" on line store providing employment to many

◎ Political representation: ◎ Kudumbashree

=> Working with local self government => Better socio-economic performance

Empowered women => [Better Human development] => [Better skill development]

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Intergenerational equityPoverty reductionIncome security
233 words11 paragraphs4 bullet points
  • Well-structured breakdown of poverty dimensions
  • Mentions specific statistics (Female literacy 47%)
  • Covers multiple aspects: educational, economic, social
  • Addresses double burden concept

Topper

Muthuarasi

AIR 225

Subject & Paper

GS2GS1

Topic

Role of Women and Women's Organization, Population and Associated Issues, Poverty and Developmental issues

Women

Feminization of poverty

Writing Stats

252

Total words

11

Paragraphs

4

Bullets