“…Studies from high-income contexts, such as the United States and Denmark, have highlighted that contemporary families in these settings have moved away from traditional gender roles and towards equal distribution of childcare and paid workforce participation ( Bianchi et al, 2012 ; Gracia and Esping-Andersen, 2015 ; McGill, 2014 ). Globally, studies have demonstrated that gender inequitable attitudes towards parenting and women’s engagement in income-generating work are harmful for both the mother and the child ( Ewerling et al, 2020 ; Raghavan et al, 2022 ). For example, a study using data from 122 countries found that gender inequality was significantly correlated with gender disparities in depressive disorders, suggesting women’s mental wellbeing is strongly impacted by inequalities at the societal level ( Yu, 2018 ).…”