Family members plunged into poverty by the loss of their breadwinners have often turned to the streets for survival and then found themselves blamed for the resulting cycle of crime and poverty.
Having a third child, however, can mean steep fines as high as $5,800 and other penalties that include the loss of a breadwinner's job.
She said that many opted for the fund's payout because of pressing financial needs, like the loss of a breadwinner, but that they later felt a range of emotions — "discomfort, regret, shame, anger" — about not filing suits, which might have provided more information, accountability and change.
"I see a lot of breadwinners passing away".
But a community whose immigration started in earnest in the 1960's also has established business and social institutions that now have been called on to help residents cope with the loss of many family breadwinners.
And the loss of the main breadwinner is not the only impact.
Families typically report no compensation or delayed compensation, which contributes to poverty after the loss of the household breadwinner [ 19].
Third, women must often make up for lost income, due to the loss of the main breadwinner before the death of their husband.
As of today, about 380,000 children are covered by the social protection system, about 13,000 children receive government assistance because of the loss of one or two breadwinners, and more than 20,000 children live in residential institutions even though more than 70 per cent of these have at least one parent.
The true and tragic capsizing of the oil rig Ocean Ranger in 1982 formed the backdrop for Lisa Moore's novel February, the story of a family surviving the loss of husband, father, and breadwinner.
