ABSTRACT
This chapter looks more deeply into social policy, including efforts to help poor people in difficult situations informally. The aim is to show and analyse how women are dealing with poverty as professionals as well as how ordinary women, being responsible for fostering children and taking care of social issues try to deal with poverty. Empirical data are based on qualitative interviews with social work experts, social workers, social pedagogues at schools, teachers, doctor’s assistants, NGO representatives, local politicians and deputies of commissions or local village councils.
