Translation of "personne veuve " (French → English) :

Q. whereas women – 24,5 % of whom were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2010, in particular women with low incomes, single mothers, women in poorly paid jobs, migrant women, widows with dependent children and women who are victims of domestic violence – as well as single-female-adult-headed families with children, young families, large families, students young people at the start of their careers, young unemployed couples, people with disabilities, people with physical or psychiatric illnesses, people from marginalised communities including Roma, and the elderly, are especially affected by the lack of affordable and adapted soc ...[+++]ial housing options; whereas these categories are particularly vulnerable to homelessness and often move into sub-standard private market housing units, which substantially increases the risk of health problems; whereas these categories often seek alternative solutions by moving in with family, friends or acquaintances, thereby hindering proper analysis and transparent documentation of homeless people;

Q. whereas women – 24.5 % of whom were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2010, in particular women with low incomes, single mothers, women in poorly paid jobs, migrant women, widows with dependent children and women who are victims of domestic violence – as well as single-female-adult-headed families with children, young families, large families, students young people at the start of their careers, young unemployed couples, people with disabilities, people with physical or psychiatric illnesses, people from marginalised communities including Roma, and the elderly, are especially affected by the lack of affordable and adapted soci ...[+++]al housing options; whereas these categories are particularly vulnerable to homelessness and often move into sub-standard private market housing units, which substantially increases the risk of health problems; whereas these categories often seek alternative solutions by moving in with family, friends or acquaintances, thereby hindering proper analysis and transparent documentation of homeless people;

L. whereas single mothers, young families, women in poorly paid jobs, young people at the start of their careers, migrant women, people with disabilities, widows with dependent children, women from minority groups, women who are victims of domestic violence and the elderly, which particularly applies to elderly women on small pensions, are especially affected by the lack of affordable and adapted social housing options; whereas this group is particularly vulnerable to homelessness and often moves into sub-standard private market housing units, which substantially increases the risk of health problems; whereas this group often seeks alt ...[+++]ernative solutions by moving in with family, friends or acquaintances, thereby hindering proper analysis and transparent documentation of homeless people;

14. Supports efforts to mainstream gender concerns in the relief and construction efforts, paying particular attention to the widowed and the 37 000 pregnant women, of whom at least 1 500 will need special care;

This turnaround is the result of aggressive public financing of social programmes such as direct money transfers to older people, widows, the disabled and veterans, as well as determined efforts in expanding cultivated areas and increasing food production.

This includes people living with HIV/AIDS (one in five adults is HIV-positive), orphans and other vulnerable children, elderly, widow and children-headed households and internally displaced persons (IDPs), including ex-commercial farm workers and those affected by the government’s urban “clean-up” drive in 2005.