Vanessa recounts how motherhood has changed her life: her relationship with her daughter has allowed her to gain stability, experience love and channel her energy, including in her work. In her testimony, Vanessa emphasises the importance of community for parents…
Daniela T., an architect from Buenos Aires, reflects on how her family history – on both her mother's and father's side – has influenced her status as a childfree woman, a status also shared by her sister and cousins. In…
Jhenefer, a young psychologist from Ecuador, tells us how her choice not to have children was influenced by her profession supporting women victims of violence. For Jhenefer, a child would be too big a responsibility for ever. Please note! If…
Veronika, 47, originally from Siberia, tells Lunàdigas about her current pregnancy, achieved through IVF in Greece. Between fears and desires, science and politics, her testimony is a candid invitation to all women to persevere in self-determination, including through the practice…
Mats, a non-binary person, reflects over the themes of biological and non-biological parenthood, tackling themes such as sperm freezing, adoption and the feeling of caregiving and responsibility between family of origin and elective queer family. Please note! If you have…
In a bookshop in Cuenca, Ecuador, a group of women shares views on the theme of motherhood, claiming the right to self-determination and to non-judgement. In an eco-feminist framework, this testimony analyses the burden of caregiving that weighs on the…
In her testimony, Betsy, an academic from the US now based in Vienna, tells us of her experience as a woman who chose not to have children, both inside and outside of marriage, and reflects on the differences between the…
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…
