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Sep 30, 2024
Population Decline, the Tangle of Birth Rate and Immigration
Each country has two approaches to replenishing its population. The main one is children being born. The other one is to welcome foreigners

Aug 21, 2024
Europe's Oldest Mothers are Italian; is Having Children Still a Choice?
Italy has the oldest mothers in Europe. More than 8 out of every 100 babies have mothers over40. But why don't people have children earlier?


May 5, 2023
Why Aren't We Having More Children? Here's the Honest Truth
The fertility gap it’s the difference between the amount children we would like to have and the children we actually have.

Jan 31, 2023
Delaying parenthood, how can the trend be reversed? The Why Wait Agenda meets Melinda Mills
Delaying parenthood is becoming increasingly common: Oxford's professor Melinda Mills focus on the policies that could reverse the trend.

Oct 20, 2022
A secular take on fertility: getting to the heart of the Why Wait Agenda in a TEDx Talk
Putting the birth rate at the centre of public discourse from a secular standpoint: Eleonora Voltolina's TEDx talk “The Fertility Gap”


Oct 9, 2022
Reproductive rights: being able not to have children… and being able to have them!
The right to family planning's been recognised within the sexual rights since the 1960s. And to be able to have a child when one wishes?


Oct 9, 2022
Becoming a mother: the longer the wait, the fewer the chances
When it comes to having children, there is a key factor that differentiates women from men: the biological clock.


Oct 9, 2022
The two key birth rate figures
There are two figures to be aware of when talking about birth rates: the fertility rate and the average age when having the first child.
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