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Sexual Violence<br />
A form <strong>of</strong> sexual violence on the rise in the United States is Human Trafficking. Poverty<br />
can lead to increased trafficking due to more people on the streets. Women who are<br />
impoverished, foreign, socially deprived, or at other disadvantages are more susceptible<br />
to being recruited into trafficking. Many laws stated in Kelsey Tumiel’s dissertation, have<br />
recently been made to try to combat the phenomenon, but it is predicted that human<br />
trafficking will surpass illegal drug trafficking amounts in the US. Women that are victims<br />
<strong>of</strong> these sexual violence acts have a difficult time escaping the life due to abuse <strong>of</strong><br />
power, organized crime, and insufficient laws to protect them. There are more people<br />
current enslaved in trafficking than there were during the African slave trade. “Branding”<br />
<strong>of</strong> human trafficking brings awareness to the issue claims Tam Mai, the author. This<br />
allows for public assertion and intervention. A claim made in Tam Mai's article states<br />
that by reducing poverty, thus may lead to a decrease in trafficking from the streets.<br />
Education<br />
A major key to reducing "the feminization <strong>of</strong> poverty" is to emphasize the importance <strong>of</strong><br />
higher education. Countries with strong gender discrimination and social hierarchies<br />
limit women's access to basic education. Even within the household, girls' education is<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten sacrificed to allow male siblings to attend school. An important aspect <strong>of</strong><br />
capabilities is the freedom to make informed choices and have opportunities to achieve<br />
goals, and a basic requirement to actively use resources and information is basic<br />
education. This enables not only women to reduce household poverty, but as well<br />
increases children's chances <strong>of</strong> education, and enhances maternal health and freedom<br />
<strong>of</strong> movement.<br />
Climate Change<br />
Since poverty and climate change are closely linked, the poorest and most<br />
disadvantaged groups <strong>of</strong>ten depend on climate-sensitive livelihoods like agriculture,<br />
which makes them disproportionately vulnerable to climate change. These groups lack<br />
the resources required to weather severe climatic effects like better houses and<br />
drought-resistant crops.<br />
This diminished adaptive capacity makes them even more vulnerable, pushing them to<br />
take part in unsustainable environmental practices such as deforestation in order to<br />
maintain their well-being. The extent to which people are impacted by climate change is<br />
partially a function <strong>of</strong> their social status, power, poverty, and access to and control over<br />
resources. Women are more vulnerable to the influences <strong>of</strong> climate change since they<br />
make up the bulk <strong>of</strong> the world’s poor and are more dependent for their livelihood on<br />
natural resources that are threatened by climate change. Limited mobility combined with<br />
unequal access to resources and to decision-making processes places women in rural<br />
areas in a position where they are disproportionately affected by climate change.<br />
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