7. Body Work and the Feminization of Poverty

2019 ◽  
pp. 160-190
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Lara Cohen ◽  
Carol Wolkowitz
Keyword(s):  

2021 ◽  

Embedded in personal experiences, this collection explores ableism in academia. Through theoretical lenses including autobiography, autoethnography, embodiment, body work and emotional labour, contributors explore being 'othered' in academia and provide practical examples to develop inclusive universities and a less ableist environment.


Author(s):  
Alejandra Aguilera Cano

This work presents the experience with indigenous women in Mesoamerica establishing a relationship between gender and energy, drawing the attention of injustices translated into energetic racism that perpetuates the feminization of poverty, non the less leading to a defense of life and territory manifesting in the women-led “web of life” decolonizing territories, as internal and external borders like «Nepantleras».


2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Carolina Pinzón Estrada ◽  
María Victoria Aponte Valverde

 Resumen: Este trabajo presenta un análisis de laausencia de capital social de las mujeres cabeza dehogar del barrio Arabia, de la localidad 19 de CiudadBolívar en Bogotá. La descripción está basada en datostomados por medio de encuestas, entrevistas y visitas ala comunidad, que permitieron evidenciar muchos delos problemas por los cuales pasan cada una de estasmadres cabeza de hogar, como la pobreza, la falta deacceso a la educación, tanto para ellas como para sushijos e hijas, el alto índice de desempleo. Como factoradicional que aumenta su vulnerabilidad, encontramosuna situación de desconfi anza en el entorno y debilidaddel tejido social que les hace imposible emprenderacciones para solucionar problemas comunitarios.Palabras claves: Feminización de la pobreza, capitalsocial, mujeres cabeza de hogar.Absence of Social Capital and Vulnerability forWomen Heads of the HouseholdAbstract: This work offers an analysis of the absenceof social capital of women heads of household in theArabia neighborhood, locality 19 Ciudad Bolivar inBogotá. The description is based on data collected insurveys, interviews and visits to the community, showingmany problems faced by each of these women heads ofhouseholds, such as poverty, lack of access to educationboth for themselves and for their children, the high rateof unemployment. As an additional factor increasing theirvulnerability, we fi nd their mistrust of their environmentand weakness of the social tissue that prevents them fromundertaking actions to solve their community’s problems.Keywords: Feminization of poverty, social capital,female – headed households.


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