TITLE:
The Problem of Female Single Parenthood in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Unavoidable Consequences and Different Relational Networks of Solidarity
AUTHORS:
Kilundu Mbukani Médard, Athanase Nsengiyumva, Kawaya Meya Odon
KEYWORDS:
Single Parenthood, Solidarity, Violence, Solitude, Dependence
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.5,
May
24,
2023
ABSTRACT: The daily predispositions
that are cracked for women in single parenthood are variable geometry. After
the rupture of the conjugality or the death of the spouse, the abandonment or
the absence of a partner, they begin a long stage of single parenthood. This is what creates the matrimonial solitude
often punctuated by violence, contempt, revolt in the eyes of the
entourage, but also marked by different
kinds of solidarity. This study analyzes the problems encountered in the state
of female single parenthood and distributes the families according to the
criterion of the help of extended families and relational networks.