Feminization of poverty in Iraq (Field study in Baghdad)

         The study examines the problem of the feminization of poverty being one of the most important problems affecting women. This problem should be worked on to be avoided. This would not be achieved except through the provision of data and statistics based on the results of scientific and systematic researches.  The study aims at revealing the most important factors which lead to weaken and impoverish women. It also attempts to diagnose the most prominent indicators of women's poverty and its implications for health, education and pension on her and her family. To achieve  the objectives of the study , the researchers selects  a sample of ( 200 ) items which are distributed to 200 poor families  in which woman is the pivot of the study that represents the sample size compared to the size of population of the study which has been chosen intentionally . The way of application was stratified with multiple stages that reflected the characteristics of the community of study which is the community of the city of Baghdad.
      This study is descriptive and analytical. It depends on two approaches: the first is the social survey method and the second is the comparative method. The questionnaire, which passes through several stages in order to verify its stability and credibility, is the basic tool in the process of data collection as well as interviews and simple observation. The data of the questionnaire is unloaded and statistically processed by the computer system (spss).

        Note that the study has presented a basic hypothesis states that "there is a statistically significant relationship between the feminization of poverty and the low educational and economical level of woman, her practice to the marginal roles, the poor sanitary conditions, and the decrease of crucial decisions which she takes within the family". This hypothesis is accompanied by eight sub-hypotheses; seven of which are proved to be credible They are as follows: there are moral and statistically significant distinctions between woman's poverty and her increasing practice of marginal roles. There is a direct relationship between woman's poverty and her low level of income. There is a statistically significant difference between women's poverty and her vulnerability to exploitation. There is a statistically significant difference between woman material poverty and the low level of education. Gender discrimination is an influential factor in women's poverty. The more woman's poverty increases the less the crucial decisions she takes within the family. A statistically significant difference is found between material poverty and deterioration of health conditions. While the hypothesis which proves its credibility is that: There is a direct correlation between the traditional cultural and social routers and woman poverty.