To what extent may gender inequality fall over the situation of poverty and the ways of protecting the family? This is the main question of this text. It discusses women's place in poor families. In the domestic sphere, these women, taking over the identity of mothers, become primarily responsible for providing and caring for their families, and even when they live in uneven spaces, they create alternatives to have support and to protect from social insecurities.
Poverty; Inequality; Gender; Family; Social protection
