2025/08/11 by Alshimaa Aboelmakarem Farag · 1 voice
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Digital Economy and Work Transformation #Employment and Welfare Studies #Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
paper · doi:10.1080/23748834.2025.2531666
openalex publication_date 2025/08/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Mobility justice has emerged as a critical framework for equal access to urban mobility, yet remote-working women remain overlooked in policy and planning. Contrary to the assumption that remote work reduces women’s travel demands, this study reveals how those women develop complex mobility patterns to balance household and professional responsibilities, and well-being. Through a thematic analysis of YouTube content (n = 39) and its emerging public discourse (n = 50), and semi-structured interviews (n = 10), five key themes emerge: 1) Balancing Work and Caregiving, 2) Enhancing Mental and Physical Health, 3) Promoting Social Inclusion, 4) Home/work Spaces Zoning, and 5) Moving to Livable Communities. The five themes demonstrate that remote-working women engage in daily trip-chaining, adopt multi-locational work regimes, and prioritize walkable neighborhoods with integrated services. This study proposes the concept of ‘Walkable care communities’, a feminist urban model, integrating childcare services into third places such as libraries, cafés, and co-working spaces, and maintaining walkable connectivity between residences, co-working spaces, schools, and essential services. This study bridges urban mobility, feminist urban theory, and remote work discourse, adding three new dimensions to the mobility justice concept. The ‘care mobility’, ‘third-place’, and ‘multi-locality’ concepts collectively reframe mobility justice around caring mobility, rather than just commuting.