Several years after their first testimonial for Lunàdigas, Nalan, a young trans activist, recounts in greater detail their mother’s story, marked by violence, forced marriages and a constant struggle for survival. Through the story of their own childhood, marked by…
A collective narrative that challenges the notion of motherhood as an inevitable destiny, exploring genuine desires, ambivalence and conscious choices. The testimonies reveal the weight of social conditioning, judgements, stereotypes and expectations surrounding motherhood. This gives rise to a profound…
Orna Donath, sociologist and author of the book “Regretting motherhood,” translated into sixteen languages and countries, meets Lunàdigas in 2023 and talks about the origins of her research, her personal positioning with respect to parental choice, and the projects she…
Rania is a young Tunisian woman who lovingly devotes herself to growing plants. In her testimony, Rania brings attention to various issues: the biological impediment to having children, extended motherhood towards every living form, from plants to animals, and the…
The journalist Arjola tells her story of being an emancipated mother in the Albanian tradition and shares views with her friend Ana about the existence of an Albanian term for lunàdigas, i.e. women who do not want to have children.…
Juliana and Samanda, two young Albanian professionals, debate the conquest of social rights by women in Albania and question whether “burrneshe”, i.e. “sworn virgins” living as men, have facilitated this conquest. Testimony realised for the Mediterranean Women's Archive project with…
Juliana, a young Albanian lawyer, reflects on the improvement of conditions for women in Albania and tells the story of her aunt, a “burrnesh”, i.e. a “sworn virgin”, a woman who, living alone without partner or children, was considered equal…
Stela, a young accountant, tells Lunàdigas her story, her desire to establish herself professionally and to have children. Unlike in Albanian society, where women have the entire burden of care on their shoulders, Stela can count on the support and…
