In Canada right now: One in ten children is poor. Canada's child poverty rate of 15 percent is three times as high as the rates of Sweden, Norway or Finland. Every month, 770,000 people in Canada use food banks. Forty percent of those relying on food banks are children. These statistics point to a betrayal of Canada's children.
This article explains how poverty correlates with depression, and the different affects that it has on women in the United States. It also breaks down how the economy is directly affecting these women, and the amount of stress that it has on these families, especially for single parents. The single parents that are discussed in this article feel like they have little control over the things that are happening in their lives, and are at a higher risk of not having a social life which is another reason why depression is on the rise in women who live in the United States. Inequality is another subtopic in this article and it draws on the point that the cost of living in the United States is on the rise, and the prices of minimum wages are staying the same, which is putting more single parents below the poverty line, and causing the parent to work several jobs without affordable day care, and without being able to build that bond with their children. Emerson, E. (2007).
One theme the two works share is the subordination of women. In The Lottery, the author gives the reader a hint that women are of a lower class than the men in the New England village. One example of this subordination is that the men chose the slip of paper, underscoring their leadership roles. The author also implies that the lottery winner has always possessed qualities that the townspeople found less desirable and that the person chosen was the town’s social scapegoat. For example, Mr. Summers’ wife was a likely victim of the lottery.
What remedies are available to equalize incarceration rates among the races? It is my opinion that the disparity arises as a result of systematic oppression of an “underclass.” The Culture of Poverty was first introduced by Oscar Lewis and focuses on the failure of the underclass to accept and adopt mainstream values, ideologies
Individuals/Families below the Poverty Line Angela Valentine PSY 490- Social Science Capstones Instructor: Raqota Berger 5 March 2012 Poverty is an urgent problem that has existed for a very long time in the United States and many other countries. It undermines the dignity of men, women and children, and deprives them of human rights and leads to their marginalization. According to statistics, there are 15.1% of Americans living below the poverty line (Census Bureau, 2011). This percentage is the highest it’s been since 1993. Low-income families usually include three or more children, family members with low education levels, the unemployed, young people, students in universities that have not found work, and residents of small towns and rural settlements.
According to Miss Wolf, the myth has a number of uses. It pits women against one another, thereby diluting their political influence; as she puts it, What women look like is considered important because what we say is not." It stokes the consumerist engine of our economy, where women shoppers play a pivotal role; and it enables employers to get away with paying women less than men. Indeed, Miss Wolf charges that the success of Western economies is linked to the chronic underpayment of women. The author notes the historical roots of this problem.
What is the working poor? There are 10.4 million low income working families in the United States. 47 million people, include 23.5 million children live in low-income families (BLS, 2010). The working poor represent the working population with a disposable income that does not cover basic living necessities, such as food, housing, and utilities. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2011), more than 146 million Americans live at or below the poverty level.
In 2013, a report estimated that child poverty costs the UK at least £29 billion each year. Of this £20.5 billion is a direct cost to government (D.Hirsch 2013). The causes can vary according to their factors. The causes of child poverty can be direct as well as indirect. Lack of resources is a direct cause of child poverty and a lack of parental employment, low paid suitable jobs, educational qualifications, high living costs, family structure, housing, ethnicity, play a very significant role in causes of high-level child poverty (www.cpag.org.uk).
The UK is said to have the worst rates of child poverty in the industrialised world. A study conducted by End Child Poverty suggests that 4 million children were living in poverty in the UK (after housing costs). This can lead to a number of consequences for these children, which will unfortunately follow them throughout their lives, in a vicious circle. Almost 3 million children live in lone-parent families and they are particularly at risk of experiencing poverty during their childhood. (Rowlingson and McKay, 2002).
Education is the key to success all around the world. The majority of the world lives in poverty. Two of the main countries living in poverty are America and Africa. Children of poor families are six times more likesly to drop out of high school compared to wealthy children (11). The large amount of students who drop out of high school end up unemployed, stuck with a minimum wage job, or end up on federal aid, and struggle throughout their lifetime.