Giving a Voice to Lone Mother's

"GIVING A VOICE TO LONE MOTHERS: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF NEOLIBERAL POLICIES ON ACCESSING AND PARTICIPATING IN FURTHER EDUCATION" Single parents caught in the web of social injustice, exploring Labour activation, Gender, Neoliberalism, Welfare State and much more. Interested!? I wrote this book from the life experiences I've had, trying to pull myself out of the poverty trap while lone parenting in Ireland 2015/2016. It was a tough and lonely journey. I believe lone mother's should be given more respect from society and government. The stigma and shame should be placed on the absent parent for running away from their responsibilities, surely? After all, if lone parents and their children are forced to live in poverty, why should the absent parent be free to do as they please, and financially not responsible, for a child they created equally with the other parent? When your eyes are opened to the social injustices that exist in our society today, there is no undoing or erasing that knowledge. Opportunity comes with fundamental change and I am very fortunate to have experienced transformative education to enable this change.