Women and Poverty in Hamilton
The Women and Poverty in Hamilton report is now available.
It is widely reported that 20 percent or 95,000 Hamiltonians are living in low income. Less understood, however, is that poverty is not gender neutral. Poverty in Hamilton has a female face that often goes unreported. Women are far more likely to live in poverty than are men. In Hamilton, women make up 52 percent of the adult population but they represent almost 60 percent of those living in poverty.
The SPRC of Hamilton invites community members to use this information as a basis for discussion about the growing gap in incomes, the impacts of poverty and actions needed to address these conditions.
The Report is available for downloading in summary form or in its entirety by selecting the following link: Women and Poverty in Hamilton
The public presentation of this report was:
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
10:30 – 11:30 pm
at the YWCA, McNab St., Hamilton