Mouna, a 30-year-old Tunisian woman, recounts her personal experience characterised for many years by desireing to be a boy. After the death of her father, Mouna dissolved and accepted the inner conflict between masculine and feminine also thanks to the…
At the Women's Centre in Shkodër, five women reflect on their personal experiences comparing them with Albania's culture and rule of law. Gender equality outside and inside marriage, motherhood, work, politics, inheritance: the changes taking place in Albania do not…
Very young, Semina expresses her desire to become a mother, without neglecting her career, economic independence and sharing the burden of care equally with her future partner. In her testimony, Semina tells how her and her friends share views about…
Fida, a young Tunisian human rights activist, offers her testimony to Lunàdigas: despite the social pressures and judgements she has suffered, Fida has realised that she does not want children and that she wants to protect the right to freedom…
Hayet hosts Lunàdigas in the shade of an olive tree, a charitable symbol of her region in Tunisia and the meeting place of her association Sidi Bouzaintoun. In her testimony, Hayet recounts her journey as a woman who freely chose,…
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.…
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…
