Gender inequalities in the risks of poverty and social exclusion for disadvantaged groups in thirty European countries
By: Expert Group on Gender, Social Inclusion and Employment ; the national experts and co-authors Danièle Meulders ... [et al.] ; Collette Fagan, Peter Urwin and Kathryn Melling
Contributors: Meulders, Danièle; Fagan, Colette; Urwin, Peter, 1969-; Melling, Kathryn; European Commission. Expert Group on Gender, Social Inclusion and Employment; European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs. Unit G.1
Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communites
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Luxembourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9789279025723
Subjects: Women -- Employment -- European Union countries; Women -- Economic conditions -- European Union countries
Description: Recoge: 1. Introduction - 2. Gender differences and inequalities in the risks of social exclusion and poverty - a brief review - 3. The intersection of gender and age in risks of social exclusion - younger and older people - 4. Gender differences in rates of long-term unemployment and inactivity, rural poverty and the exclusion of disabled people - 5. Lone parents - a female-dominated category - 6. The intersection of gender and ethnicity in social exclusion - the Roma - 7. Immigrants and migrants - 8. Violence and sexual abuse against women - domestic violence, human trafficking and prostitution - Conclusions.
Notes: "European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Oppotunities. Unit G.1."

"Manuscript completed in July 2006."

"KE-76-06-201-EN-C"--P. [4] of cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155)

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