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Barber, S. Y. (2018). Social Capital and Access to Higher Education Barriers to Higher Education for African-Women in the Rural South (pp. 3-4). The University of North Carolina.

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• TITLE: Navigating Dual Roles: Challenges and Strategies of Student Mothers in Higher Education

  AUTHORS: Hareem Fatima, Sajid Masood, Batool Ishaque, Irfa Ahmer Paul

  KEYWORDS: Student-Mother, Married-Mother, Single-Mother, Working-Mother, Challenges, Higher Education

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.13 No.2, February 19, 2025

  ABSTRACT: The impetus for this study came from my history of being a student mother while completing my higher education, and the challenges which entailed during my studies. The study sought to discover the challenges student mothers face while attaining higher education. The study employed the qualitative research methodology and phenomenology approach. Interviews were used as an instrument. A total number of 10 participants were involved in this study. The thematic analysis analyzed the data collected. It was found that student mothers face challenges managing time, and financials, and giving less time to child care while attaining higher education. As they have a responsibility for their child, home and studies along with work outside the house made them feel stressed and unmanageable. Student mothers involved in the study were: single mothers, married mothers, and working mothers.