Poverty is not gender neutral: in fact, the incidence of poverty is larger for women than for men worldwide due to the systematic discrimination that women face in education, employment, wages and control of assets.  

Women are segregated into low paying occupations; women spend more time in unpaid caregiving than men, and pregnancy affects women's employment and educational opportunities more than men's.  

Therefore, we can expect the gender poverty gap to be a consequence not only of personal characteristics of the population but also of the deprivation of capabilities and gender biases present in societies and governments.

Elena Barcena-Martin, Ana I. Moro-Egido, "Gender and Poverty Risk in Europe"