Women, Poverty and Health

A pamphlet examining poverty and women in Canada, with statistics from the 2005 census report. The pamphlet points to high rates of poverty among senior women, disabled women, immigrant women, single mothers, and Aboriginal women, and traces income imbalances between men and women in Canada. The pamphlet details the many ways in which poverty affects women's health, including exposure to violence, increased risk of heart disease, chronic ill health, increased susceptibility to disease, depression, hunger, etc.