{"id":13920,"date":"2022-12-05T06:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T22:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/join-fellow-students-in-supporting-first-nations-women-to-study-at-curtin\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T03:25:35","slug":"join-fellow-students-in-supporting-first-nations-women-to-study-at-curtin","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/join-fellow-students-in-supporting-first-nations-women-to-study-at-curtin\/","title":{"rendered":"Join fellow students in supporting First Nations women to study at Curtin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Education doesn\u2019t just empower women as individuals \u2013 it strengthens economies, reduces inequality and enables growth opportunities within their entire communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Moorditj yorga\u2019 means \u2018strong woman\u2019 in the Nyungar language of WA\u2019s South West. The <a href=\"https:\/\/alumniandgive.curtin.edu.au\/our-community\/moorditj-yorga\/\">Moorditj Yorga Scholarship Program<\/a> supports mature-aged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to enter and succeed at Curtin University so they can return to their communities as strong leaders and role models.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship provides recipients with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an annual stipend of $10,000 for up to five years.<\/li>\n<li>an individualised and structured mentoring program in the final year of study.<\/li>\n<li>support from a dedicated Moorditj Yorga Coordinator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cHaving experienced homelessness, domestic violence and drug addiction, I have been in recovery for seven years and have worked in Aboriginal mental health for the past five years. This scholarship has given me a second chance at life.\u201d \u2013 Jill, 2020 Moorditj Yorga Scholarship recipient.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Find out how you can apply for the scholarship, or join other students in supporting women like Jill to succeed at Curtin by visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/curtin.edu\/34by6j\">Moorditj Yorga Scholarship Program website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you educate a woman, you educate a nation\u201d. You can support mature-aged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to enter and succeed at Curtin University through the Moorditj Yorga Scholarship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4317,"featured_media":20422,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[143],"class_list":["post-13920","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-reconciliation"],"acf":false,"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20210922_MYS-OASIS-FEATURE_1588x840.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Jaeger","last_name":"Wieland","display_name":"Jaeger Wieland"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 07:59:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=13920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}