In the United States, 42 million people live in poverty. Nearly 40% of single-mother households are impoverished, and alarmingly, 1 in 3 children raised in poverty stay impoverished through adulthood.

Disrupting the cycle of poverty isn’t about focusing on one person in the family. It’s about centering the entire family and building a rich, supportive, and deeply responsive community that can hold ...

About half of single-parent households live below the poverty line. Japanese society also tends to favor full-time male workers, and women often receive lower wages and fewer benefits ...

Across our campuses, we’ve seen how investing in both the mother and the child creates a robust foundation for families to ...

DSWD to the rescue Given the available data from the PSA and recent surveys, the Department of Social Welfare and Development must do all it can to reach the desired goal of cutting poverty incidence ...

Heard of the "singles tax?" Going it alone can also come with a hidden financial burden you may not be aware of.

Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has urged parents, community and religious leaders to invest in girls’ education to break the cycle of poverty. She described education as a ...

House, Senate committees on Friday advanced three bills that restrict use of single-sex spaces or sports team eligibility ...

In 2024, 20% were women and 62% were couples. "Single female buyers have confidence and a desire to purchase real estate outside of their romantic relationships,” Nelson says. "They certainly see the ...

With lone-mother families and single older women already particularly vulnerable to poverty, this is an area that needs urgent attention. On International Widows’ Day, 23 June, take a look at ...

A 34-year-old woman from the Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo, Happiness Chimbangu, is accused of murdering her husband and two children. She allegedly claimed her husband, Edwin Chimbangu, failed to ...