Michelle Obama says 'poverty is sexist, it hits women and girls the hardest'

"I have the pleasure of introducing someone who is an inspiration to me and to people around the world. Our next speaker is an icon -- a global celebrity who has this huge spotlight that follows him everywhere he goes. But he doesn’t use that spotlight for his own glory or just to further his own fame. No, he takes that bright light and he shines it on the most urgent moral issues of our time –- issues that a lot of folks don’t know about, like how Poverty is Sexist, for example. How it is -- it hits women and girls the hardest," said the first lady.

Quoted from the linked article, but here's a bit on the Global Citizens Festival: link.

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/report/2008/10/08/5103/the-straight-facts-on-women-in-poverty/

http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/adult-poverty-rate-by-gender/

http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/faq/how-does-gender-relate-poverty-status

Somehow the top quote is about the homeless, and the rest are just users seething with rage. I see no statistics spam like when they talk about black people, what's up with that? This is easy stuff: poverty has a gendered aspect.