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We don’t just wake up and decide to be single mothers

The many varied reasons women give for being single mothers reflect several trends that emerge from the modern way of life, an expert has said.

According to Rachael Anyona, a psychologist based in Nairobi, structural and circumstantial changes exceed individual decisions that help explain why families headed by single parent mothers are the most rapidly growing type of household. 

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