12,3% of homeless in Barcelona are women. This figure may seem small, but an invisible and particular reality is hidden behind it. Who are they?. Do they live a different reality from homeless men? Are the resources centres concerned about the female component?
Facts and figures of homeless women:
12,3% of homeless in Barcelona are women. In Spain, the figure rise to 17,3%.
Although there are fewer women in homelessness condition, those who reach the homeless care net are in worse mental and physical health than men.
More than half are between 31 and 50 years old. 21% are between 51 and 60 and 10% are between 18 and 30 years old.
In percentage, there are more women than men accommodated in the homeless homes or centres net.
The average of women living on the streets is two years. 69,3% of women are living on the streets for more than a year; 30,4%, for less than six months.
Means loss, abuses, mental illness, drug addictions... those are the causes for women becoming homeless.
Many of homeless suffer from a mental illness. Women show the most serious cases.
