It is widely recognized that women in developing countries have dual roles as generators of
household income and as primary caregivers to their children. Many policies directed at�…

In the past decade, many industrialised countries have restructured elements of the welfare
state to reduce public expenditures and promote programme effectiveness (Mishra 1990�…

Recent changes to income support payments for single parents have prompted public
debate about the financial adequacy of Newstart allowance and other welfare payments 1�…

Many single-parent households in Australia rely heavily on both social security payments
and child support. From 1 July 2006 to 1 July 2008, sweeping reforms saw significant�…

Single mother headed families are among the most financially disadvantaged in Australia,
as they have no paid work and are frequently surviving on incomes under the poverty line�…

No clear pattern has as yet emerged in nutrition and development literature as to the
magnitude and direction of the net effects of working women on the food security of the�…

This study examined the quality of life of single mothers making the mandatory transition
from welfare to work. The Australian government purported that the benefits of making this�…

Objectives To explore how low-income pregnant women use Healthy Start food vouchers,
the potential impacts of the programme, and which women might experience these impacts�…

This article examines the dynamics of flexibility experienced by sole mothers involved in a
welfare-to-work program, and the strategies they use to retain their identities as caregivers�…

This study is the first to explicitly assess the connections between welfare state spending
and the gendered and classed dimensions of unpaid care work across 29 European�…