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Books on: (Homeless OR Homelessness) AND Women

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Women and Homelessness in Europe: Pathways, Services and Experiences

Book by Bill Edgar, Joe Doherty; Policy Press, 2001

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Homeless Women--Europe, Homelessness--Europe

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THREE Women, the housing market and...European Observatory on Homelessness suggest that there is little official recognition that homelessness among women is a particular...for this situation. Since homelessness has traditionally been perceived...basic demographic profile of homeless people. Where homelessness...
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Homelessness in the United States: State Surveys

Book by Jamshid A. Momeni; Praeger Publishers, 1990

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Homeless Persons--Services For--United States, Homelessness--United States

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...of young and old, men and women, whites and blacks. This...the profile of the "new homeless" of whom much has recently...simple sketch of Alabamas homeless problem, the Birmingham...detailed demographic profiles of homeless persons, along with housing...circumstances that led to homelessness; c the incidence of additional...
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Moving to Nowhere: Children's Stories of Homelessness

Book by Mary E. Walsh; Auburn House, 1992

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Homeless Children--United States, Homelessness--United States

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...Williams E. U. 1988 . Homeless handicapped children: A...Alternative models for sheltering homeless families. Journal of Social...C. 1990 . Research on homelessness: An introduction. Journal...social support fails: The homeless. Journal of Community Psychology...comprehensive approach to housing women and children in Massachusetts...
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Gimme Shelter: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America

Book by Gregg Barak; Praeger, 1992

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Homeless Persons--Services For--United States, Homelessness--United States

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...Breakey 1986 typology of homeless persons includes four subgroups...fundamentally different about the homeless and the nonhomeless. Whatever...factors may he involved with homelessness, ultimately, it is still...ill as a subgroup of the homeless is made of "mentally disabled...these people, both men and women, "elect to live relatively...
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Homelessness in America

Book by Jim Baumohl; Oryx Press, 1996

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African American Homeless Persons, Hispanic American Homeless Persons, Homelessness--Government Policy--United States, Homelessness--United States

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...shelters, one meets many homeless women who had been kept...their descent into homelessness" Liebow, Tell Them...Needs of Homeless Women in Baltimore"; and...Health Care for the Homeless Program". Boston...Health Care for the Homeless Program". Chicago...Men tal Health and Homelessness in Detroit ; and Wright...

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Journal Articles on: (Homeless OR Homelessness) AND Women

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Homeless Fatigue Syndrome: The Backlash against the Crime of Homelessness in the 1990s

Journal article by June B. Kress; Social Justice, Vol. 21, 1994

Subjects:

Church work with the homeless--Political aspects, Homeless persons--Laws, regulations, etc., Homelessness--Political aspects, Washington, D.C.--Social policy

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...put a face on homelessness and brought...The Lives of Homeless Women, was written...The Lives of Homeless Women. New York: Basic...Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty 1994 No Homeless People Allowed...
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Arise, Take Up Thy Mat, and Walk: Most Homeless Programs Fail Because They Protect Lifestyles That Produce Homelessness and Neglect the Moral and Spiritual Means to Overcome It

Journal article by Stephen Burger; Policy Review, 1996

Subjects:

Homeless persons--Moral and ethical aspects, Homelessness--Causes of, Social work with the homeless--Moral and ethical aspects

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...and walk: most homeless programs fail because...lifestyles that produce homelessness and neglect the moral...They are Americas homeless. They no longer wear...addicts, battered women and children, prostitutes...much for the men and women struggling to get...effectively helping the homeless help themselves...two root causes of homelessness," says Rev. Mike...
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A 'normative' Homeless Woman?: Marginalisation, Emotional Injury and Social Support of Transwomen Experiencing Homelessness

Journal article by Izumi Sakamoto, Matthew Chin, Aisha Chapra, Josie Ricciardi; Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, Vol. 5, 2009

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Housing, Psychology, Research & development--R&D, Research methodology, Shelters, Social networks, Social services, Women

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...and a biological woman who is a strong advocate...experiences with homelessness. These individuals...mostly with Aboriginal women, and others working...marginally housed or homeless. All formerly or...with experiences of homelessness stated: We still...with experiences of homeless at the macro, mezzo...with experiences of homelessness and their service...her and to other women in similar circumstances...counter, a trans woman would come, shes...
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Health Problems of Sheltered Homeless Women and Their Dependent Children

Journal article by Mary Ann Burg; Health and Social Work, Vol. 19, 1994

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Homeless women--Health aspects, Homelessness--Social aspects, Single mothers--Social aspects

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...of the Mothers of Homeless Families The pathways to homelessness are numerous, but women with dependent children...most likely to become homeless through evictions...better understanding of homeless women. Social Work, 34...C.A. (1991). Homelessness and public policy...
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A Strengths Perspective: An Ethnographic Study of Homeless Women with Children

Journal article by Shirley P. Thrasher, Carol T. Mowbray; Health and Social Work, Vol. 20, 1995

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Homeless women--Demographic aspects, Homelessness--Research, Social work with the homeless--Research

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...ethnographic study of homeless women with children...Increased research on homelessness during the past...Children Many of the women expressed difficulties...the stress of homelessness and shelter rules...interactions among homeless women with children...in supporting homeless women with children...families move out of homelessness. Of course...

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Magazine Articles on: (Homeless OR Homelessness) AND Women

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Where Do All the Women Go? Look around the Streets and You Will See That the Homeless Are Almost Exclusively Male

Magazine article by Anthony Browne; New Statesman, Vol. 127, December 18, 1998

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Homeless persons--Social aspects, Homeless women--Social aspects, Homelessness--Demographic aspects

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...emergency beds available for women sleeping rough as there are...still spaces available for women," says Kate Tomlinson...in effect, "If you were a woman, wed have a bed for you." Women - particularly young ones...less likely to be officially homeless because they are liable to...The main economic cause of homelessness is unemployment. The destruction...
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The Crisis of Women's Homelessness in Canada: Summary of the Cera Report

Magazine article by Barbara Rahder; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2006

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Canada, Gender equity, Homeless people, Housing needs, Public housing, Urban development, Women

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...profit housing for and by women anywhere in the world...growing crisis of womens homelessness across Canada. The Canadian...the lives of low-income women across Canada. The homelessness crisis facing women is also a poverty crisis...
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Green Solutions to Homelessness

Magazine article; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2002

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Canada, Children & youth, Coalition for a Greener Economic Recovery, Economic recovery, Homeless people, Women

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...Greener Alternatives to Homelessness. Keynote speakers included...Shepherd, member of the Homelessness Advisory Task Force and...options for solving the homelessness crisis. Members of the...speakers outlined issues facing homeless people in Toronto, and...and that 25 percent of all women have experienced physical...all play a role. When a woman leaves her mate, she often...
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Helping People off the Streets: Real Solutions to URBAN HOMELESSNESS

Magazine article by Robert V. Hess; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 128, January 2000

Subjects:

Homeless persons--Services, Homelessness--Prevention

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...issue. Every person who is homeless has his or her own story...constitute 38% of the nations homeless population; 27% are children; and 14% are single women. Many have been driven to homelessness by factors such as lack of...not enough to simply take homeless people off the streets and...
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Economic and Social Council Considers Issues Relating to Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 23, August 1986

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Civil rights--International aspects, Drug abuse--Prevention, Homelessness--Prevention, International organization--Social policy, Southern Africa--Social aspects, United Nations. Economic and Social Council--Social policy, Women--Social aspects

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...Issues Relating to Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa. Action by...illicit drug traffic, the homeless, the status of women, crime...international Year of Shelter for the Homeless, both in 1987. Other resolutions...

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Newspaper Articles on: (Homeless OR Homelessness) AND Women

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Mum, Three Kids Homeless; Govt's $15M Plan to Tackle Homelessness May Come Too Late for Pregnant Mother

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), March 8, 2010

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Homeless women--Planning, Homelessness, Pregnant women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...somewhere to live now. Eight new homeless services will share the money...effort to reduce and prevent homelessness across the State. The new...provide help for young people, women escaping domestic violence, and families that become homeless in areas of need. Federal...Tanya Plibersek, said homelessness was a complex problem that...
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Homeless Face Is Getting Younger with the Years; Today, Averyll Loft Talks to Jo Chorny in the Fourth Part of Her Series on Homelessness on the Coast

Newspaper article; Fraser Coast Chronicle (Hervey Bay, Australia), May 7, 2009

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Homelessness

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...Coast, has for the homeless in Hervey Bay...been an increase in homelessness in Hervey Bay with...rent. "The face of homelessness is now young families...accommodation for women, men and families experiencing homelessness. "Its very rare...accommodation for homeless people who travel...
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Solving the Puzzle of Homelessness Requires Commitment

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 16, 2010

Subjects:

Homeless persons--Usage, Homelessness--Usage

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...steps take, theres still a homeless mentally ill person, wandering...again. Every category of homeless people - working families...the elderly, battered women - all require multiple types...different sources to overcome homelessness. Many pieces of the puzzle...making life better for the homeless. But many are not aware...
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Hope for Homeless Women

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 26, 2008

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Homeless persons, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Hope for Homeless Women. Byline: Corrinne...trying to help homeless women and children in Lake...success stories, like the woman who purchased a home...ministry of service to homeless women and children, out of...Forys a mother for every woman who has ever had a tough...
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Homeless Woman, 23, Fined $1000 for Stealing; Charged for Taking Advantage of Other Women

Newspaper article; The Observer (Gladstone, Australia), July 2, 2009

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Homeless persons, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Homeless Woman, 23, Fined $1000...Advantage of Other Women. Byline: Amy Glass A PREGNANT homeless woman stole from vulnerable...Damian Carroll told the woman he appreciated her...of other vulnerable women staying at shelters...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (Homeless OR Homelessness) AND Women

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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...them elected by popular vote, with 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for non-Muslims; all serve five-year terms...injured nearly as many, and left an estimated 3 million homeless. Many victims in remote areas were slow to receive aid...
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Jordan , Country, Asia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...members are popularly elected, with six seats reserved for women. Electoral constituencies, however, are gerrymandered in...Jordans population by about 450,000 persons, many of them homeless refugees from Israel. In 1951, Abdullah was assassinated...
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World War II

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...had brought death to tens of millions and made as many more homeless. The suffering and degradation of the wars victims were of...1941 1943 (2004); E. Yellin, Our Mothers War: American Women at Home and at the Front during World War II (2004); T...
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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of mothers who consume alcohol during pregnancy. Pregnant women who acquire the AIDS virus through intravenous drug use pass...commonplace among children and adolescents. The great majority of homeless people have either a drug or alcohol problem or a mental illness...
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Jason , in Greek Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...On their journey the Argonauts were seduced by beautiful women, attacked by warriors, buffeted by storms, and challenged...Because Jason had broken his oath, the gods caused him to wander homeless for many years. As an old man he returned to Corinth, where...

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