Kadın Yoksulluğunun Güçlendirme Yaklaşımı Odağında İncelenmesi

Abstract

With this research, it is aimed to develop a model proposal based on some general characteristics of poor women, their experiences and views related to poverty, and dealing with poverty and strenght situations. Quantitative research method was used in the research and face-to-face interviews were conducted with 150 women who received social assistance from Ankara Province, Altındağ, Mamak and Keçiören District Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations between March 2019 and May 2019 using the "Interview Form" created by the researcher. Poor women participating in the study are young adult and primary school graduates, married, having at least one child, have not worked before and are not currently working and earn their living with the help of the state and have debt. While the participants defined poverty as not being able to meet their needs, the most, they stated the cause of poverty as unemployment. In general, they expressed the reason why women are poor because they have to take care of their children and cannot work. While the participants think that women are more affected by poverty than men, they see the reason for this as women's dependence on men. They stated that they mostly applied to social assistance organizations to deal with poverty, but the assistance they received from these organizations was not enough to make a living. While the participants explained their strengths as being a good mother and wife, they stated their weaknesses as their distrust. They want to have the most home in life and demand an increase in the amount of social assistance from the state for the solution of poverty. As a result, it is thought that while developing social policies related to women poverty, it is important to revise the institutional service mechanisms, to include protective and preventive projects and programs on the basis of empowering poor women, and to include local governments and non-governmental organizations within the said policies. Within the scope of the research findings, a model proposal was developed based on the restructuring of the institutional service mechanisms for social benefits offered to poor women.