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?
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Our articles on the subject
May 16
Our Pledge for the 2024 European Elections, look up the candidates who signed it
Look up the candidates who already signed The Why Wait Agenda's “European Fertility Gap Pledge 2024"
Mar 19
Dads’ long march to demolish the patriarchy
Shared parenting is the new frontier of the family: and fathers are discovering the joys of caring for their children. But gender stereotype
Jan 13
You can now put fertility on ice. Yet, very few people do it
Reproductive cells can be taken out, frozen, and used in a pregnancy at a later date. But the truth is that hardly anyone freezes their egg
Oct 17, 2023
M for Mother, the scarlet letter that burdens women in their professional lives
Working women don an invisible cloak with a scarlet letter, the M for mother. Or rather, U for uterus.
Jul 21, 2023
The Struggle of Single Women, Motherhood Is the Right of All
Want to solve the declining birth rate issue? Support single women who want to become mothers: «yet single motherhood is still tough»
Jun 2, 2023
Having Children, One in Six Struggle With Infertility
When are you going to have kids? Not everyone who doesn't have children is doing so by choice; one in six struggle with infertility
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.
Oct 9, 2022
Is there hope as long as there are periods? Not really
Can it be said that between 13 and 51 year old the fertility window for women is open? No: one does not remain fertile until her last period
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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