Despite feelings of guilt, Anne gave birth to a third child after leaving the first two completely in the care of her ex-husband. She is called a 'raven mother' (neglecting mother who does not care for her children) and is…
Alexandra, a 30-year-old woman from Cuenca, strongly expresses her decision not to have children: a well thought-over and consciously taken final choice. The reasons for her position depend largely on her sense of political responsibility and the external pressures she…
Maya, a university lecturer in Washington, reflects on the different social pressures associated with motherhood in the United States and Lebanon, her home country, where assisted fertilization is a common practice strongly encouraged, consistent with the view of motherhood as…
Claudia, a young 25-year-old Cuban woman, reflects on her choice of non-parenthood and reconstructs the stages that led her to this awareness: her concern for the planet and the overpopulation she witnesses lead her to question why she should generate…
Antonia cannot have children because of a cancer she had. Her sister, Franziska, would be willing to be her surrogate mother, but law does not allow it. Two German sisters tell their stories. Vuoi ascoltare e leggere altre testimonianze? Sostieni…
Nacyb, activist and coordinator of the association Rayhaa in Jendouba, in Tunisia, tells us of her first-hand experience as a woman with no children - not by choice - and then as a mother, finally acknowledged at social level. Her…
Anaís and Tatiana discuss about issues surrounding the choice of non-parenthood: starting from what each of them feel about their Ecuadorian context, where they both live, they tell us of the external judgments to which they are frequently subjected. Age…
Paola tells us about the evolution of her political consciousness starting from her feminism. On the one hand, she matures a personal choice of non-motherhood from an early age; on the other, as a “comadre” , today she dedicates part…
