TY - GEN AU - Buvinic, Mayra TI - Women in Poverty: A New Global Underclass PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/10/04 DO - 10.18235/0011231 AB - This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is imperfect, but current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of those people who are considered poor on the basis of income, not only in industrial countries, but also in the developing world. UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0011231 ER -