Gender, Reproduction and Family Dynamics in the Post-Pandemic EraBrisbane, Australia, 13 July 2025
The IUSSP Scientific Panel on COVID-19, Fertility, and the Family organized a Pre-conference workshop on Gender, Reproduction and Family Dynamics in the Post-Pandemic Era at the 30th International Population Conference in Brisbane, Australia 13-18 July 2025. The workshop, held on 13 July at the University of Queensland, was organized and led by Natalie Nitsche (Australian National University), Anna Kurowska (University of Warsaw) and Celia Karp (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
About 25 participants attended the workshop, which included 5 interesting presentations on themes related to reproduction, family, and gender in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research spanned four continents, covering a variety of regions worldwide. The discussions were very engaged and insightful, turning the workshop into an inspiring forum for continued debates on COVID-19's impacts on family and fertility. As aimed for, presentations and discussion unified perspectives from both the Global North and South, which was particularly stimulating.
The organizers would like to extend their gratitude to all who helped make this workshop a success, including the presenters Setsuya Fukada, Bhavya Joshi, Pariyakorn Pariyakorn, Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, and Mary Shenk, and Ph.D. students Feier Chen and Xiaoxian Qiu from the School of Demography at the Australian National University. The workshop would not have been possible without their help.
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