Silvia, a young Italian-French woman, reflects on the work-life relationship that women have to manage in addition to the commitment of having a child. She recounts her private life characterised by her choice not to have children, her relationship as…
Three women living in Berlin discuss their experiences of motherhood. Anne is a so-called 'raven-mother', after the separation from her husband she left her first two children, and today she is experiencing her third motherhood; Lena lives with her second…
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…
