KULATUNGA, KAVISHYA (2023) The Influence of Gender Identity on the Experience of Urban Poverty in The Netherlands: An Intersectional Approach. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
This paper delves into the ways in which gender identity influences the experiences of urban poverty in The Netherlands. It explores the feminisation of poverty, which refers to the observed phenomenon of women falling into poverty more often, and at an increased rate than men, through an intersectional lens. Using the theoretical framework provided by Kimberle Crenshaw’s Intersectionality theory and the Capabilities conceptualised by Amartya Sen, to understand the influence of different identities (e.g. race, age, sexuality). The research consisted of two interviews with a member of ‘Feniks’, a women's centre, and ‘Movisie’ a knowledge institute for the emancipation of queer people in The Netherlands. Throughout the interviews, identified issues were within bureaucratic processes, which disproportionately affected bicultural and reduced their capability to apply for welfare benefits. The importance of community was a further finding, highlighting the sense of safety which comes along with it. An autoethnography was included in which the researcher reflected on their positionality after attending a meeting with ‘Stichting Prisma Groep’, and how it felt to research and understand the experiences of women in vulnerable communities as an outsider. After attending the interview, it was made clear that in order for policies, and systems to be more inclusive, a bottom-up approach is needed in order to understand the nuances that come along with lived experiences. Finally, proposed areas of improvement include the implementation of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), and transition leave for trans employees. Keywords: Intersectionality, Feminisation, Poverty, Queer
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Yousefzadeh Faal Daghati, S. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 09:56 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 09:56 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/281 |
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