Poverty: a social construct

WORKSHOP ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INEQUALITY DURING THE RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Poverty is not just the lack of income and monetary resources, but also the deprivation of virtually all economic, social and cultural rights: access to healthcare, training, housing, work, participation in decision-making.

At the root of poverty lie inequalities, which are a product of the orientation of policies in the economic and social fields. In other words, poverty is a social construct.

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