Every year March 8^th marks the celebration of International Women’s Day; celebrating the social, political, and economic achievements of women while focusing on areas that require improvements. The picture above depicts a homeless woman resting on the side-walks near City Gate Port of Spain. Ironically, next to her is a banner advertising International Women's Day 2014. I chose to incorporate this into a blog post on the theme of Homelessness and Women’s fundamental rights to safety while looking at the factors that account for homelessness among women. According to Hill and Stanny 1990, “the current levels of homelessness in the US can be attributed to a number of structured or societal problems that are beyond the control of the affected individual”