POLICIES TO REDUCE THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY AND COPING MECHANISMS IN IRAQ FOR THE PERIOD (2014-2021)
Abstract
This research aims to advocate for the adoption of new policies and strategies based on strengthening the role of women and empowering them economically, after women faced many difficulties and challenges that limited their access to economic resources, in addition to the high level of discriminatory gaps between the sexes and inequality due to customs and traditions that affected their participation rate. The research assumes that "the deterioration of the economic and social reality affected by the political and economic instability and the diversity of crises and their repercussions has contributed to the deepening and rooting of the phenomenon of feminization of poverty in Iraq." Most of the national and international commitments related to women's rights on the ground, and perhaps the absence of executive action plans, financial budgets, and timetables for implementation are reasons for delaying the advancement of Iraqi women and their lack of access to their economic, social and environmental rights. Iraq, which is concerned with the poverty of women with the aim of t Achieving sustainable growth and empowering poor women through education, training and employment.
Keyword : feminization of poverty, policies and strategies
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