"The reason triple talaq has persisted," she begins, "is first and foremost because Indian Muslims are poor, socially backward, economically backward and educationally backward.
All grew up in poor, socially conservative rural communities in some of the most backward, violent parts of the country and frequently returned to their villages.
The advent of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has impelled efforts to provide skilled attendance for all women during childbirth; the poor, socially disadvantaged and vulnerable being those most at risk.
The Latin American Bishops' Conference in Medellin, Colombia, in 1968 chose to exercise "a preferential option for the poor". Socially engaged priests had appeared in most countries even before the Peruvian priest, Gustavo Gutierrez, published his influential work, "A Theology of Liberation," in 1971.
Surveys and opinion polls, including a recent one by Gallup, repeatedly reveal the average European Muslim to be poor, socially conservative, unhappy about discrimination, but generally content, hopeful about their children - who attend non-religious schools - and eager, like their non-Muslim peers, to get on with their lives.
He works broadly in ethics and political philosophy, with published articles on issues including metaethical expressivism, the relationship between beliefs and desires, connections between contractualist political philosophy and utilitarianism, the justification of domestic welfare policy, obligations to the global poor, socially responsible investing, and physician-assisted dying.
Poorer, socially marginalized households benefited more, in alignment with programme objectives.
The purpose of the project 'Helping the invisible children' is to increase the impact of social protection policies for poor and socially excluded ('invisible') children and families.
When the agents claiming accountability happen to be poor and/or socially marginalised groups with few social and political resources at their command they are unlikely to be a counterweight to the considerable power of public officials and institutions.
Module 2 will explore, using an institutional ethnographic approach, the challenges (organizational, social, financial) that CMWs face in providing care to the poor and socially marginalized women.
(2) What challenges (organizational, social, financial) do the CMWs face in providing care to the poor and socially marginalized women?
