Gender inequalities in the risks of poverty and social exclusion for disadvantaged groups in thirty European countries

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Recoge: 1. Introduction - 2. Gender differences and inequalities in the risks of social exclusion and poverty - a brief review - 3. The intersection of gender and age in risks of social exclusion - younger and older people - 4. Gender differences in rates of long-term unemployment and inactivity, rural poverty and the exclusion of disabled people - 5. Lone parents - a female-dominated category - 6. The intersection of gender and ethnicity in social exclusion - the Roma - 7. Immigrants and migrants - 8. Violence and sexual abuse against women - domestic violence, human trafficking and prostitution - Conclusions.