Women, wealth, poverty and exploitation

• role: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
• status: how important a person's role makes them in other people's estimation
• exploitation: Misuse of power or money to get others to do things for little or unfair reward
• emergency aid: Also known as short term aid. Help given to communities in a time of disaster or crisis, eg food during a famine, shelter after an earthquake.
• Charity: Voluntarily giving time or money to help people in need.
• Interest: Money paid back on loans in addition to the original amount borrowed.
• Poverty: The state of being without the things needed for a reasonable quality of life, so that day-to-day living is a struggle.
• Artha: One of the four aims of human life; earning a lawful living.
• Kama: One of the four aims of human life; enjoying the pleasures of life.