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A report from the Australian Council of Social Service and the University of New South Wales shows that more than a third (37 per cent) of people in sole-parent families headed by a woman live in poverty, compared with 18 per cent of sole-parent families headed by a man.
In my experience working with women who are trying to get an education or start their own businesses, the government funding does not support these women. The average payment for being a single parent is $ 251.80 plus $24.60 for each extra child per fortnight, depending on your income. And $679 per fortnight for the StudyAssist program.
This means that on average, a single mum with 2 kids without working and only going to school would make $1911.60 a month. This is assuming that these women are not receiving child support from the father of their children.
Rental prices are increasing with the average 3 bedroom home
costing $500 per week, which means that not even rent is covered
in those expenses leaving them high and dry with anything that is
substantially needed for actually living.
In the long run, these women are not able to follow their dreams, be educated better to make more money or sufficiently support their children in their conquest to do so, leaving the systems that were set up for them insufficient. Not to mention, leaving their children without adequate support in all areas.
The economic cost for the whole population is also effected.
By supporting this cause, if these high achieving women were to gain at least a little more financial resources, they could better focus on school, graduate with better grades, get better jobs, be better entrepreneurs, be a better parent and adequately support their kids the way they need to be supported.
My plan is to raise $500,000, start a scholarship program for single mums that want to pursue their higher education and give them access to funding that would otherwise not be available.
We will have applicants go through an avid application process to assure that the funding is going to women who are focused and ready to pursue the education and have long term plans of making an impact in the world through the career choice that they make.
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