Agnès Aoudaï

Agnès Aoudaï is co-president of the Mouvement des mères isolées (Movement of Single Mothers) and a political activist.

Politically Organizing Single Mothers: A "Social Bomb"

11:15 AM

Patriarchal society has not adapted to the reality of those who head 90% of single-parent families in France: single mothers. Stigmatized, they are also the first victims of successive reforms that affect society as a whole, especially the most vulnerable. Pension reform, changes to the RSA (minimum income support), immigration laws, and the dismantling of public services all have a devastating impact on the lives of single mothers. There are 2 million single mothers in France, and 45% of them live below the poverty line — a stark and damning reality.
Drawing on feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist demands that call for a profound transformation of society, single mothers have the potential to build a uniquely powerful resistance. They stand at the intersection of all the forms of oppression embedded in the current system.