1、POVERTYPoverty&FaminePoor Living ConditionGini Index The Gini coefficient is usually defined mathamaticly based on the Lorenz curve,which plots the proportion of the total income of the population(y axis)that is cumulatively earned by the bottom x%of the population.Engels Coefficient The proportion
2、that food spending accounts of the total personal consumption expenditure.It shows that the higher this proportion is,the poorer the family or the country will be.What is Poverty?Poverty is one of the major worldwide issues today,and in many parts of the world,women tend to be the poorest of the poo
3、r in a very literal sense.A wide variety of causing poverty among women include energy and water poverty,health,climate change and so on.Because of the strong relationship between poverty and vulnerability,women as a group are poorer and less powerful than men.Lack of access to clean water has been
4、recognized as a factor increasing womens burden,such as collecting water for basic need like cooking,cleaning and hygiene.Additionally,the lack of easily accessible water has health implications for women,and cause child disease and mortality.Poor nutritional levels can make people particularly vuln
5、erable to infectious diseases,and age and gender may exacerbate this risk.Until recently,the link between gender,the environment and urbanization was mostly seen as rural women being left behind in rural areas to take care of agriculture,while men migrated to cities in search of a better income.Many urban households have female heads,and typically these are poorer and more vulnerable than households with a couple.It is well established that the poor are more exposed to environmental and other disasters,and also more vulnerable to them when they occur.Thank You!
