Abstract This study explored Victorian (Australia) women's lived experiences of policy
regarding their reproductive choices. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 women …

Despite the relevance of emotional and psychological distress related to COVID-19
isolation, quarantine, and physical distancing, only limited research has been conducted on …

Policy can be used and experienced as a tool for social inclusion or exclusion; it can
empower or disenfranchise. Women's reproductive decision‐making and health is impacted …

Gendered and classed working, parenting and other life contexts create multifaceted
interactions between quantitative (including time and effort-intensive) and qualitative …

This paper argues that hegemonic gender structures operate at individual, cultural and
organisational levels to shape, reinforce and constrain Australian women's mothering …

This study aims to examine and understand the motherhood decisions of career-oriented
women who are well-educated, well-paid, and up the corporate ladder in Türkiye. A …

Australia has a relatively high proportion of stay-at-home mothers, despite most young
women aspiring to combine motherhood with paid work. Using two waves of quantitative …

This chapter highlights the value of gender theory for understanding and addressing global
public health challenges. It focuses on reducing health inequities that are avoidable and …

Purpose Reproductive rights represent an intrinsic and pivotal human entitlement,
encompassing legal protection for procreation. Essential to this framework is the recognition …

In Australia, lone migrant mothers remain an invisible social category within the childcare-
poverty discourse. There has been an increase in the population of lone mothers migrating …