'The first priority of any serious program against poverty is to strengthen the male role in poor families.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fighting poverty requires strengthening the father's role in poor families.
- In plain terms
- To fix poverty, focus on helping fathers in poor families.
- What can you take from it?
- Strengthening father roles helps reduce poverty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How to strengthen male roles?
- Why focus on fathers?
Another view
This ignores structural causes of poverty like wages or education.
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