Why are we starting up?
Recherches de l'Institut européen pour l'égalité des genres, shows that women and specially single mothers, comme ils composent presque 85 % de toutes les familles monoparentales dans l'UE, are more vulnerable to food insecurity and its health consequences. There are several factors that contribute to this vulnerability, however access to labour market, lowpaid and insecure jobs are the most important factors that make women and children at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Données partagées par Eurostats en 2020, shows that female unemployment rate is up to 55% above the EU average but also women are highly represented in part-time and short-term work earning 16% less per hour than the average, dans le sud de l'Europe. SAVE THE CHILDREN reported that the highest relative child poverty in the South of Europe rates between 33.3% et 29.5% pour les enfants de moins de 18. Furtermore WHO reported in 2016 cette 1 dans 3 - 11 ans, étaient déjà en surpoids ou obèses par 2014 et plus 60% of children who are overweight before puberty will be overweight in early adulthood. Ces faits, pourtant, are in exact contradiction considering France, Italie, Espagne, Grèce et Portugal, en tant que plus grand producteur agricole de produits alimentaires frais dans l'UE.