Each year, around twenty precarious women, with often difficult life courses, wash and pass linen, while benefiting from social support, thanks to the Association Savoir Fer, in Bohain-en-Vermandois, in Aisne. This allows them to relaunch themselves on the way to employment.
DARES (the statistical service of the Ministry of Labor) must publish the number of job seekers registered in France Work in the 2nd quarter 2025 Tuesday July 29. A precariousness of which women are the first victims. Still on the front line of forced part -time and precarious jobs, they represent 54% of poor people in France.
To help them, many initiatives are set up everywhere in France. As in Bohain-en-Vermandois, a rural commune in Aisne where 31% of the inhabitants are unemployed. For almost 30 years, associative laundry Woo offers the unemployed, and above all unemployed insertion contracts.
Behind her ironing board, Wendy heats her iron. For three years, this single mother of three children was unemployed and began to give up. And then, five months ago, the 28 -year -old woman discovered this associative laundry. “Before, I didn’t like it too much. Now I like … by doing it”, she admits. Now she works 26 hours a week. “We go back, we fold the linen, and afterwards, we do the cleaning from time to time.”
All this under the wise gaze of Marie-Jo Tonnelier, the manager of the workshop. It trains employees with benevolence and assesses their skills and behaviors. “We are not going to make her professional ironers, he recognizes. ILYA very few jobs in the sector. On the other hand, it is to identify skills on the site that we will be able to transfer to their idea of a professional project, as’ do they respect the instructions that we are going to give? “
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Like arriving on time, being rigorous and understanding teamwork. “We are a learning business”thus repeats Marie-Jo. With the objective, behind, to help them build a professional project, even to convert. This is the case for example of hill, 28 years old. She arrived less than a year ago, after a few temporary experiences in the sale. “”Thanks to the sites, I discovered the profession of administrative assistant and, suddenly, I went to this idea of a project there and I would like to stay in there. “
In parallel with her counter at Savoir Fer, she will then be able to do business immersion courses. “I had the opportunity to chat with managers in large companies, to have responsibilities. In September, for example, I will be in charge of the permanence of the whole workshop. I gain more confidence and it feels good, that makes development.”
Coline gradually finds motivation and smile. “Since I got out of high school, I have always had long moments of hollow, when I found a job and I did not find it. We lose confidence, we dare not go too much from home. There, we have a more stable situation.”
“We can from time to time have a little fun. We were able to buy our house, we live better, necessarily.”
Wendy also regains self -confidence. “I go out from my house, I made friends”she rejoices. She says that even her elder notices a change of attitude: “She is happy, she is proud of me”.
The association also makes social support to help these women lift the brakes on integration, explains Catherine Gaveriaux, director of the local plan for the integration and employment of the Vermandois and director of the Vermandois Employment association. “”We are going to work on childcare by mobilizing the maternal assistant relay. And then we have a mobility platform that allows you to work on highway code workshops. “
Courses that Wendy follows, which wants to get into the premises’ maintenance sector. Except that without a license, it is unthinkable, she launches: “You have to move, sometimes outside of Bohain”she adds. She explains in particular courses “One hour on Monday morning, an hour in the afternoon”and occasionally at other times. “The boss is accommodating”Salves the young mother.
A follow -up that does not stop at the end of the integration contract. “”You can quite have someone who will have found a job, who suddenly, Patatra, the car is broken down, and saying ‘I will no longer be able to go to work’, that is not possible. We, with our mobility platform, take out the card! You can rent an electric car while repairing your car. ”
“Long -term support, it is important to avoid breaks.”
Catherine Gaveriaux, director of the Vermandois Employment associationin franceinfo
The association does not just want to help these women to find their way to an activity, but give them autonomy and keys to find a sustainable job. This system also proves its proof, assures Marie-Jo Tonnelier who has a list at the head of these women who have passed by knowing and become independent. “They are more beautiful” When they finished their contract here, “They are embellished through work”.
