Women’s access to child support

该项目旨在解决妇女在抚养子女方面遇到的障碍，并通过这样做来减少单亲母亲和儿童的贫困。在澳大利亚，未偿还的子女抚养费债务目前超过13.5亿美元。然而，妇女往往不寻求这些赔偿，因为这样做会使她们面临额外的负担和伤害，例如增加暴力的风险。该项目将把儿童抚养费要求概念化为一种受社会技术手段支配的妇女劳动形式。它还将比较澳大利亚、英国和美国女性与子女资助机构的互动情况。该项目旨在使儿童支助更容易获得，从而减少贫困，增强社会包容性和凝聚力。

This project seeks to address the barriers to child support that women experience and in doing so, reduce single mother and child poverty. In Australia, unpaid child support debts currently exceed $1.35 billion. Yet often women do not pursue these payments, as doing so can expose them to additional burdens and harms, such as an increased risk of violence. This project will conceptualise child support requirements as a form of women’s labour, governed by socio-technical devices. It will also compare women’s interactions with child support institutions in Australia, the UK and USA. This project seeks to make child support more accessible, thereby reducing poverty and enhancing social inclusion and cohesion.