A scoping review of the transition experiences and outcomes of young women leaving residential out-of-home care (2025) is a recent publication in Children Australia (30 June 2025, Volume 47, Issue 1).
The authors begin by arguing that young people leaving the Australian state care after having been in residential are a vulnerable group & that within that vulnerable group, young women face specific challenges.
They conclude that young women leaving residential care do have different experiences compared to young men but they have not usually been the focus of research.