ΣΤΗΝ ΕΥΡΩΠΗ, ΔΙΑΖΥΓΙΟ, ΔΙΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΓΙΝΕΙ ΔΥΣΒΑΣΤΑΧΤΟ ΒΑΡΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΑΤΕΡΕΣ

«Στην Ευρώπη, το διαζύγιο και η διατροφή δημιουργούν στρατιές νεοάστεγων» 

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, Νew York Times

The pain of Europe’s economic crisis is being felt sharply by a new class of people: separated and divorced men who end up impoverished or on the streets as they struggle to maintain themselves while keeping up child support and alimony payments. 

The number of fathers who find themselves in such difficulties is hard to pin down, and while it may not be extremely large, it is growing, according to researchers, government statistics and anecdotal accounts from social workers, particularly in Europe’s hard-hit southern tier. 

“I was attacked by the Italian justice system,” said Mr. Vaghi, 43, a board member of the Papa Separati Lombardia movement, a nonprofit that assists single fathers and lobbies to improve Italian family law legislation.

“Society is changing, and with it the roles of the father as the breadwinner and the mother as homemaker,” he said. “Legislation should take that into consideration.”

In Greece, Klimaka, a charity group, estimates that the number of homeless has increased by 25 percent in the past two years. The trend is a concern in a country where traditionally strong family ties have usually averted such phenomena. A third of those who had registered as homeless were divorced or separated, and mostly men, according to a study published in February by the National Center for Social Research.

ΔΕΙΤΕ ΟΛΟ ΤΟ ΑΡΘΡΟ ΕΔΩ : nytimes