On their tax returns, they all tick a particular box: the “T”, that of the “Single parent” section (which allows them to benefit from an increase in shares). “They” are single-parent families where only one parent bears the daily responsibility for their children. In 83% of cases, it is a woman who is at the head, whether for a reason suffered (abandonment of a partner, widowhood, etc.) or chosen (PMA, separation, etc.). But the term “isolated”, which sticks to these women’s sneakers, is misleading. They have never been so numerous, now representing nearly one in four families in France. On the other hand, they are still just as poor: 35% of them live below the poverty line.
“It is the most important social subject in the country,” insists the
socialist deputy for Eure Philippe Brun, at the origin of a transpartisan bill (PPL), certain measures of which should be debated in the Assembly from May. “It is these women who fill the queues for food aid, 30% are recipients of RSA and we do not talk about it or not enough,” asserts the thirty-year-old, former enarque and Yellow Vest.
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