In 2017, Monia, the editorial director of the Tunisian webzine Inkyfada, recounts the difficulties she encountered in finding women to give testimonies for Lunàdigas in Tunisia, where the issue of free choice regarding motherhood is one of the strongest taboos…
Irem lists the implicit and explicit judgements suffered by childfree women in Turkey. For married women, not having a child is assumed to be a consequence of health problems only; unmarried women, on the other hand, are accused of selfishness.…
A student at the University of Washington, Gerard answers a point-blank question about what he thinks about childfree women: he believes that children are the purpose of marriage and love in general. Vuoi ascoltare e leggere altre testimonianze? Sostieni l’archivio…
A student at the University of Washington, Julia responds to a point-blank question on what she thinks about women who decide not to have children: she acknowledges that there may be situations in which one cannot afford to have a…
Ada Ayse talks about the condition of women who choose, as she does, not to have children in Turkey: a woman who does not have children is considered unhappy and marginalised. For society, it is as if she does not…
Paz and Jenny, 32-year-old Ecuadorians transplanted to Germany, reflect on the topic of reproductive rights, which are of fundamental importance in the process of self-determination of women's bodies: the desire for motherhood from an eco-feminist point of view necessarily takes…
Siete, a Spaniard from Aragon, reflects on the reasons why she did not have children: the perception of not having time and the lack of maternal instinct. In Spain, the expression used to put pressure on women is "the rice…
Bel Fatou Fai, a young Senegalese woman who has been in Germany for a few years, reflects on the positioning towards motherhood and adoption in Senegal. While the number of children is an indicator of a woman's fertility and the…
