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"In the EU, five per cent of women are single mothers. This group is difficult to identify as it is categorised differently across the EU, yet these women need help. In some parts of Europe, a woman’s extended family helps to bring up a child or children, but in other areas, social benefits are of great help to single women. These women have to cope with a task often shared by two parents.
Single mothers and their children are at a high risk of poverty. Among single-parent families, every third child lives below the poverty line or is in danger of being in poverty. The current economic crisis has not helped the situation.
I voted in favour of this report because it calls for a change in policy – particularly in public policies involving education, health care, employment, social assistance and housing – to benefit single mothers. Member States should promote appropriate models to support single mothers: models that help these women enter the labour market. There must also be an exchange of good practice among Member States. Only then can strong policies in support of single mothers be developed and implemented."@en1
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