The Problem of Female Single Parenthood in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Unavoidable Consequences and Different Relational Networks of Solidarity

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.