Worldcrunch
Why are birth rates continuing to fall? Beyond old conservative-progressive social debates, we must look at the way screens have changed our daily lives — creating barriers to the most basic starting point for procreation: face-to-face human connection.
With limited childcare and resources, parents are stretched thin during summer vacation months. If Germany wants more children, it needs to start giving parents more vacation days or more childcare options.
Studies show that countries around the world will see their populations shrink by 2050. To combat demographic decline, a growing list of countries are implementing policies to try to encourage women to have babies — yet these birth rate policies don’t ever seem to work.
Homeownership for young people is becoming less attainable across the globe, in the face of record high home prices, cost of living crises and high debt. The economic shift is changing the very nature of society.
As China’s population declines, more women want children without husbands. But strict laws and traditional values still block their path to single motherhood.
In countries steeped in patriarchal culture, like Poland and South Korea, fighting for feminist values could be driving some women to give up childbirth. As the word marks International Women’s Day on March 8, we take a look at international examples of women pushing back against societal expectations.
Economic crisis and higher inflation in Egypt have prompted many young married people to abandon the idea of having children. And if they decide to have children, they just want one or two at most to be able to provide them a decent life.