'The Institute for Social Science Research, Kyungpook National University'
Abstract
This report presents key findings from Enhancing Mothers’ Workforce Engagement in the Preschool Years, an Australian Research Council Linkage project in partnership with the Department of Social Services, commonly referred to as the Millennium Mums (MM) project. The aims of the project were to examine women’s expectations of employment and their experiences of returning to employment following the birth of a baby. More broadly, the project provided an opportunity to investigate a range of related issues including child care, father’s leave taking arrangements, gender divisions of labour within the household and the health and wellbeing of mothers and children. All of these issues are of interest to those concerned with women’s employment transitions and all are intricately bound up with mother’s expectations and experiences of combining employment with the care of a young child or children
