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  • Essay / Women and single mothers - 857

    Sometimes it is because of the birth of a child, other times it may be due to a family illness requiring care, forcing women to restrict their activities due to their limited schedule. Another problem single mothers face is overwork; sometimes, working double shifts does not allow them to have time to take care of household chores and childcare. The obligation to work overtime does not give women any opportunity to participate in other activities; reduce the time they spend with family, make them unable to obtain higher incomes and impair their quality of life and well-being. When the woman is going through a divorce or has just separated from her partner, this also affects the increased risk of poverty, sometimes because the divorce process can be prolonged, causing separated women to manage on their own the entire household economy, where sometimes they do not have a well-paid or stable job. When this situation is aggravated because the mother lives in a poor neighborhood, or it is mainly due to lack of education, the vulnerability of the mother and child is