Thursday, December 27, 2007
Struggles Persist for Single Moms: article
Today, the Toronto Star published an article revisiting three women that had been featured in articles throughout the year. Rita Daly, the article's author, found that while a moment of fame can change some people's lives forever, "in the case of three single mothers raising children in poverty that Toronto Star readers met over the course of the past year or so, life, well, life goes on." Little has changed for the women.
Read the article that features Amany, who lost her daycare subsidy because she worked an extra few hours at her job; Maheswary, who worked two part-time night jobs, which barely covered the rent for her and her two sons; and Cheryl, who was told that she owed the Ontario government more than $2,000 for the orphan benefits her two children received after their father died.
Read the full article.
Read the article that features Amany, who lost her daycare subsidy because she worked an extra few hours at her job; Maheswary, who worked two part-time night jobs, which barely covered the rent for her and her two sons; and Cheryl, who was told that she owed the Ontario government more than $2,000 for the orphan benefits her two children received after their father died.
Read the full article.
Labels: Issues_and_Trends, Resources_and_Research
