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This paper reviews and analyzes Margrit Eichler's article "The Limits of Family Law Reform or, The Privatization of Female and Child Poverty," which discusses the linkage between the child and female poverty and the divorce law in Canada. According to the paper, the article places a particular focus on the capacity of family law to effectively address the "feminization of poverty." Eichler argues, with reference to an analysis of historical models of the family and potential solutions to the problem of poverty as a consequence of marital breakdown, that while family law reform is important to advance egalitarianism in society, we must recognize the limitations of family law which cannot truly remedy the prevalence of poverty among women and children.

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"Margrit Eichler, in her article "The Limits of Family Law Reform or, The Privatization of Female and Child Poverty," discusses the linkage between the child and female poverty and the divorce law in Canada (circa 1991), with a particular focus on the capacity of family law to effectively address the "feminization of poverty." Eichler argues, with reference to an analysis of historical models of the family and potential solutions to the problem of poverty as a consequence of marital breakdown, that while family law reform is important to advance egalitarianism in society, we..."

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