Causes and effects of the phenomenon of feminization of poverty in Iraq after 2014: future prospects and ways to address

Abstract

    The research aims to theoretically frame the phenomenon of the feminization of poverty, as well as pointing out the repercussions of the causes explaining the poverty of Iraqi women, as the issue or phenomenon of the feminization of poverty is one of the important issues that has become a concern of those interested in issues of empowering women and ways to increase their economic participation. The importance of research lies in defining the apparent causes Feminization of poverty in Iraq, measuring the effects of this phenomenon economically and socially, and adopting future horizons to reduce the phenomenon of feminization of poverty. The researchers followed the inductive-analytical method, and one of the most important conclusions they reached is that the modest participation of women in Iraqi economic activity was a result of the increasing numbers of female illiteracy in a way that exceeds the level of illiteracy among males. The research recommended the need for the national government to instruct the Ministry of Education to reconsider the plans. The college and the partial ones related to the issue of women's education and seeking to re-work the illiteracy eradication program by emphasizing the category of women, especially in the Iraqi countryside.