Empowerment of Impoverished Women Through Women-Run Organizations
Abstract
Impoverishment and homelessness are rapidly growing problems for women
in the United States. With both of these issues come stereotypes that prevent
women from becoming economically mobile and independent. Much of the stigma
against these women results from pubic opinion of welfare as well as public
portrayal of individuals on welfare. Additionally, many of them head single-parent
families, and lack the resources to become autonomous from the welfare system.
These women can easily become ostracized, leaving them alone in their struggle and
without a support system. With the implementation of organizations for
impoverished and homeless women run by the women themselves, these women
can gain a greater sense of community and become reintegrated into society. This
would serve not only as a benefit to them, but would also give them a voice in the
issues of women's impoverishment in the United States and enable them to help
future generations of women.
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