A new book argues that single parents face a triple bind: inadequate resources, inequitable employment opportunities, and policies that not only don’t support them, but that also sometimes make their situations worse.

The Triple Bind of Single-Parent Families is co-edited by Laurie Maldonado, a former research associate at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality at The Graduate Center and now a professor at Medgar Evers College, and Rense Nieuwenhuis from the Swedish Institute for Social Research. Policy experts from around the world contributed to the book, discussing the challenges single parents face and the policies that support them.