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To what extent does the New Deal help Ethnic Women to reduce their poverty?
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To what extent does the New Deal help Ethnic Women to reduce their poverty? Introduction: New Labour acknowledges that there is a group of people who are excluded from society. This exclusion is described as, "A combination of linked problems...unemployment, discrimination, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime, bad health and family breakdown" (ODPM, 2004: 7) The New Deal is a policy aimed at reducing poverty through increasing employment to create an inclusive society. Feminists have highlighted that both the extent and experience of poverty is different for women than it is for men due to the expectations placed upon them and that the type of poverty facing women goes beyond a deficiency in income. (Alcock, 1993) "Poverty also means being powerless...being treated like a second class citizen". (www.oxfamgb.org/ukpp/poverty/) What is evident is the effect on ethnic minority males and females is worse than the British white population, due...
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