Women lone parents are particularly vulnerable to poverty in the EU, as they make up almost 85% of all one-parent families. This report casts light on the factors that increase the risk of poverty for lone parents, especially women, and gives recommendations to lower these risks, such as: Increasing economic independence, work-life balance, adjusting social protection systems, and fostering synergies across different policy areas.
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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