Latest items for BR-PRACTICE-2
Nov. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In short, it appears that neither the carrot nor the stick will increase the birth rate in Russia. The problem, as in other countries, must be that young women no longer see motherhood and family life as fulfilling life goals" (22).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In short, it appears that neither the carrot nor the stick will increase the birth rate in Russia. The problem, as in other countries, must be that young women no longer see motherhood and family life as fulfilling life goals" (22).
Nov. 13, 2024, 12:12 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"[H]igh tax rates and benefit withdrawal mean '[women] are missing out on precious time with their children for scant reward'. 'We have privatised family life. Having children is now seen as a personal choice, a luxury, like buying a Porsche,' [Conservative MP Miriam] Cates said. 'But having children shouldn't be a luxury. [It] is a societal necessity.' She acknowledged that housing was another problem that needed fixing but insisted: 'Reforming taxation to recognise the costs and value of raising children, to remove the 'family penalty', would go a long way to removing barriers young people face in starting a family' " (13-15).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"[H]igh tax rates and benefit withdrawal mean '[women] are missing out on precious time with their children for scant reward'. 'We have privatised family life. Having children is now seen as a personal choice, a luxury, like buying a Porsche,' [Conservative MP Miriam] Cates said. 'But having children shouldn't be a luxury. [It] is a societal necessity.' She acknowledged that housing was another problem that needed fixing but insisted: 'Reforming taxation to recognise the costs and value of raising children, to remove the 'family penalty', would go a long way to removing barriers young people face in starting a family' " (13-15).
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:59 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Young people complain about the financial burden of having children and their own economic uncertainty, and push back on traditional ideas about the woman’s role as a caretaker at home. Many have expressed a desire to focus on their careers, while others have embraced a lifestyle known as 'double income, no kids' (para 9)."'In our hometown, if you don’t have children, you would not be able to hold your head high,' Ms. Wang [IVF recipient] said" (para 17). "infertility affects 18 percent of couples in China, compared with a global average of around 15 percent. Researchers cite several factors, including the fact that Chinese couples often wait until later to...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Young people complain about the financial burden of having children and their own economic uncertainty, and push back on traditional ideas about the woman’s role as a caretaker at home. Many have expressed a desire to focus on their careers, while others have embraced a lifestyle known as 'double income, no kids' (para 9)."'In our hometown, if you don’t have children, you would not be able to hold your head high,' Ms. Wang [IVF recipient] said" (para 17). "infertility affects 18 percent of couples in China, compared with a global average of around 15 percent. Researchers cite several factors, including the fact that Chinese couples often wait until later to...more
Nov. 28, 2023, 1:28 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"An online post about a newlywed in China, who was rung up by her local government asking if she was pregnant… [M]any netizens saying they had experienced similar calls" (pp 1). "'You are married, why are you still not preparing for pregnancy? Take the time to have a baby,' she said she was told" (pp 13).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"An online post about a newlywed in China, who was rung up by her local government asking if she was pregnant… [M]any netizens saying they had experienced similar calls" (pp 1). "'You are married, why are you still not preparing for pregnancy? Take the time to have a baby,' she said she was told" (pp 13).
Nov. 21, 2023, 5:58 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"With a falling birthrate on the brink of tipping China’s already fast-ageing population into decline, there is increasing pressure on young people to have more children" (para. 23).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"With a falling birthrate on the brink of tipping China’s already fast-ageing population into decline, there is increasing pressure on young people to have more children" (para. 23).
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
“Women who do not want to sacrifice their careers are now simply choosing not to have children. South Korea's fertility rate (the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime) has fallen to 0.81, the lowest in the world. Its population is predicted to halve by the end of the century, meaning it may not have enough people to sustain its economy and conscript into its army” (para 32). Society believes that careers fulfill women more than children fulfill women (ET - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
“Women who do not want to sacrifice their careers are now simply choosing not to have children. South Korea's fertility rate (the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime) has fallen to 0.81, the lowest in the world. Its population is predicted to halve by the end of the century, meaning it may not have enough people to sustain its economy and conscript into its army” (para 32). Society believes that careers fulfill women more than children fulfill women (ET - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 10, 2023, 12:58 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"While having a baby is very much expected of married couples in South Korea, society still frowns on single parents. IVF treatment is not offered to single women, official hospital figures show" (para 18). "Meanwhile, couples in non-traditional partnerships also face discrimination; South Korea does not recognize same-sex marriage and regulations make it difficult for unwed couples to adopt" (para 21). "'I’ve thought about how heterocentric and normality-centric discussion is in the traditional sense of marriage… (it) excludes people with disabilities, diseases or poor reproductive health,' Lee said" (para 23). "Lee pointed to a common joke that in South Korea, 'if you are not dating by the time you are...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"While having a baby is very much expected of married couples in South Korea, society still frowns on single parents. IVF treatment is not offered to single women, official hospital figures show" (para 18). "Meanwhile, couples in non-traditional partnerships also face discrimination; South Korea does not recognize same-sex marriage and regulations make it difficult for unwed couples to adopt" (para 21). "'I’ve thought about how heterocentric and normality-centric discussion is in the traditional sense of marriage… (it) excludes people with disabilities, diseases or poor reproductive health,' Lee said" (para 23). "Lee pointed to a common joke that in South Korea, 'if you are not dating by the time you are...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Essentially, many women here are still forced to choose between having a career and having a family. Increasingly they are deciding they don't want to sacrifice their careers. As one woman put it to me: 'we are on a baby-making strike'. " (Para.15-16).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Essentially, many women here are still forced to choose between having a career and having a family. Increasingly they are deciding they don't want to sacrifice their careers. As one woman put it to me: 'we are on a baby-making strike'. " (Para.15-16).
Dec. 9, 2022, 2:29 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Recent studies have shown Chinese women are increasingly choosing not to have children…Researchers at YuWa say that women are concerned about the mounting costs of education, long working hours and low wages" (para 8-9).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Recent studies have shown Chinese women are increasingly choosing not to have children…Researchers at YuWa say that women are concerned about the mounting costs of education, long working hours and low wages" (para 8-9).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Women are not looked down upon in society if she can not have children, but questions will arise and neighbors may ask why she has not conceived yet. Having children in Somalia is seen as a blessing for most people" (1).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Women are not looked down upon in society if she can not have children, but questions will arise and neighbors may ask why she has not conceived yet. Having children in Somalia is seen as a blessing for most people" (1).
Aug. 4, 2021, 12:58 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Some women pointed out that the government had already barred employers from asking women about their marital or childbearing status in 2019, and the problem was weak enforcement. The government has often encouraged women to retreat to more traditional gender roles, in an effort to increase the birthrate" (Para 24).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Some women pointed out that the government had already barred employers from asking women about their marital or childbearing status in 2019, and the problem was weak enforcement. The government has often encouraged women to retreat to more traditional gender roles, in an effort to increase the birthrate" (Para 24).
July 9, 2021, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"South Korea has a shiny side that it wants to proudly show the world: K-pop, K-quarantine during COVID-19, hi-tech industries. But what it is less keen to show are the areas where it catastrophically fails. South Korean society does not know how to protect or treat women as equals to men and as valuable and indispensable entities of society. Rather, South Korean women, myself included, live in a country that views women as objects —beautiful things whose sole function is bearing children. This is not just a societal construct, this is unabashed discrimination against women that is encouraged by my government. For example, in January 2021, the Seoul city government...more
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"South Korea has a shiny side that it wants to proudly show the world: K-pop, K-quarantine during COVID-19, hi-tech industries. But what it is less keen to show are the areas where it catastrophically fails. South Korean society does not know how to protect or treat women as equals to men and as valuable and indispensable entities of society. Rather, South Korean women, myself included, live in a country that views women as objects —beautiful things whose sole function is bearing children. This is not just a societal construct, this is unabashed discrimination against women that is encouraged by my government. For example, in January 2021, the Seoul city government...more
Feb. 6, 2021, 1:25 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
“On the other hand, the Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country's Han majority to have more children” (para. 12). “'The intention may not be to fully eliminate the Uighur population, but it will sharply diminish their vitality, making them easier to assimilate,' said Darren Byler, an expert on Uighurs at the University of Colorado. 'It's genocide, full stop. 'It´s not immediate, shocking, mass-killing on the spot type genocide, but it´s slow, painful, creeping genocide,' said Joanne Smith Finley, who works at Newcastle...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
“On the other hand, the Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country's Han majority to have more children” (para. 12). “'The intention may not be to fully eliminate the Uighur population, but it will sharply diminish their vitality, making them easier to assimilate,' said Darren Byler, an expert on Uighurs at the University of Colorado. 'It's genocide, full stop. 'It´s not immediate, shocking, mass-killing on the spot type genocide, but it´s slow, painful, creeping genocide,' said Joanne Smith Finley, who works at Newcastle...more
Dec. 31, 2020, 3:12 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In their talks, Tsigdinos and Vodar emphasized the importance of solidarity among infertile women in an age when female bonding so often occurs around motherhood. They addressed why an infertility diagnosis is particularly devastating to “Generation IVF;” the first generation of women to grow up with the reproductive freedom to delay pregnancy and have access to in vitro fertilization. Like Tsigdinos and Vodar, these women were raised to believe that science can surpass Mother Nature in the tricky dance of conception" (para 6).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In their talks, Tsigdinos and Vodar emphasized the importance of solidarity among infertile women in an age when female bonding so often occurs around motherhood. They addressed why an infertility diagnosis is particularly devastating to “Generation IVF;” the first generation of women to grow up with the reproductive freedom to delay pregnancy and have access to in vitro fertilization. Like Tsigdinos and Vodar, these women were raised to believe that science can surpass Mother Nature in the tricky dance of conception" (para 6).
June 5, 2020, 1:19 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"As expected, almost all women age 15-19 (90%) have never given birth. However, this proportion declines sharply to 6% to 7% among women age 35-49, indicating that childbearing is almost universal" (81). "Since voluntary childlessness is rare, this is often viewed as a measure of primary infertility or the inability to bear children" (81).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"As expected, almost all women age 15-19 (90%) have never given birth. However, this proportion declines sharply to 6% to 7% among women age 35-49, indicating that childbearing is almost universal" (81). "Since voluntary childlessness is rare, this is often viewed as a measure of primary infertility or the inability to bear children" (81).
May 15, 2020, 7:15 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In Nigeria, 2% of currently married women age 45-49 have never given birth. Since voluntary childlessness is rare, this is often viewed as a measure of primary sterility" (99).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"In Nigeria, 2% of currently married women age 45-49 have never given birth. Since voluntary childlessness is rare, this is often viewed as a measure of primary sterility" (99).
March 29, 2020, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Almost all women age 15-19 (99%) have never given birth. However, this proportion declines sharply to less than 4% of women age 45-49, indicating that childbearing is almost universal" (69). The near-universality of childbearing indicates that becoming a mother is very important to society and fulfillment in the Maldives (RAO- CODER COMMENT). "In the Maldives, only about 2% of currently married women in their 40s have never given birth. Since voluntary childlessness is rare, this is often viewed as a measure of primary infertility or the inability to bear children" (69).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Almost all women age 15-19 (99%) have never given birth. However, this proportion declines sharply to less than 4% of women age 45-49, indicating that childbearing is almost universal" (69). The near-universality of childbearing indicates that becoming a mother is very important to society and fulfillment in the Maldives (RAO- CODER COMMENT). "In the Maldives, only about 2% of currently married women in their 40s have never given birth. Since voluntary childlessness is rare, this is often viewed as a measure of primary infertility or the inability to bear children" (69).
Jan. 2, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"The Office for National Statistics said falling fertility rates were mainly responsible for the fall, but said difficulties conceiving among couples who choose to delay having families was also a major factor. It said ‘women are progressively delaying childbearing to older ages’ and are now most likely to have children in their 30s. This is because women are more likely to go to university and delay marriage while they pursue their careers" (para 4-6). "The ONS said women have been more likely to have babies in their early 30s than in their late 20s since 2004. It listed reasons for postponing having a family as 'greater participation in higher education',...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"The Office for National Statistics said falling fertility rates were mainly responsible for the fall, but said difficulties conceiving among couples who choose to delay having families was also a major factor. It said ‘women are progressively delaying childbearing to older ages’ and are now most likely to have children in their 30s. This is because women are more likely to go to university and delay marriage while they pursue their careers" (para 4-6). "The ONS said women have been more likely to have babies in their early 30s than in their late 20s since 2004. It listed reasons for postponing having a family as 'greater participation in higher education',...more
Dec. 14, 2019, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"'Society made me feel like a failure for being in my 30's and not yet a wife or mother,' Baeck said. 'Instead of belonging to someone, I now have a more ambitious future for myself'" (para 4).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"'Society made me feel like a failure for being in my 30's and not yet a wife or mother,' Baeck said. 'Instead of belonging to someone, I now have a more ambitious future for myself'" (para 4).
Feb. 8, 2019, 4:42 p.m.
Countries: Mali
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Women’s ability to make decisions regarding reproduction was limited, and many lacked information on sexual and reproductive health. Women faced pressure to defer to their husbands and family on reproductive matters, including the number, spacing, and timing of pregnancies" (page 21).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Women’s ability to make decisions regarding reproduction was limited, and many lacked information on sexual and reproductive health. Women faced pressure to defer to their husbands and family on reproductive matters, including the number, spacing, and timing of pregnancies" (page 21).
Jan. 8, 2019, 4:14 p.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Miscarriages of justice have become shockingly commonplace, in a pious, macho culture which endorses the aggressive persecution of women deemed guilty of rejecting their principal roles as mothers" (para 4).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Miscarriages of justice have become shockingly commonplace, in a pious, macho culture which endorses the aggressive persecution of women deemed guilty of rejecting their principal roles as mothers" (para 4).
Nov. 16, 2018, 9:46 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
Women who seek to utilize family planning strategies must overcome cultural biases in favor of large families (page 15). "Kuki: there is intense pressure placed on Kuki women to bear their husbands male children. KWHRO has received cases of women who do not give birth to a son or cannot bear children who are mistreated or forced out of their family when their husband passes away. In other cases, the husband would grow angry and divorce the woman. Source: Kuki Women’s Human Rights Organisation (KWHRO) and Kuki in Sagaing Region" (page 85).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
Women who seek to utilize family planning strategies must overcome cultural biases in favor of large families (page 15). "Kuki: there is intense pressure placed on Kuki women to bear their husbands male children. KWHRO has received cases of women who do not give birth to a son or cannot bear children who are mistreated or forced out of their family when their husband passes away. In other cases, the husband would grow angry and divorce the woman. Source: Kuki Women’s Human Rights Organisation (KWHRO) and Kuki in Sagaing Region" (page 85).
Oct. 27, 2018, 7:47 p.m.
Countries: Mozambique
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
Even those who marry later will often rush to make up for lost time in a society that frowns upon childless women (para 14). "'The women in the community are really dependent on their husbands and they are the ones making the decisions to have babies or not,' said Dr Selma Xavier, a rural GP who regularly visited the community" (para 16).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
Even those who marry later will often rush to make up for lost time in a society that frowns upon childless women (para 14). "'The women in the community are really dependent on their husbands and they are the ones making the decisions to have babies or not,' said Dr Selma Xavier, a rural GP who regularly visited the community" (para 16).
Oct. 26, 2018, 8:42 a.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Social and cultural pressures to have large families reportedly led some husbands to ask health workers to terminate the use of contraceptives by their spouses" (page 16).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
"Social and cultural pressures to have large families reportedly led some husbands to ask health workers to terminate the use of contraceptives by their spouses" (page 16).
Oct. 19, 2018, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Comoros
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Generally, married women who voluntarily remain childless are relatively rare in the Comoros" (page 61). "As one would expect, the proportion of women who don't want any more children increases with the number of living children: it increases from less than 1% of women without any children to 15% of women who have 3 and reaches 54% among women who have at least 6 living children. The women who don't want any more children have, in principle, attained their desired posterity. . . We observe that 98% of childless women want a child, and the majority of these women (48%) want one within the next two years . . ....more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Generally, married women who voluntarily remain childless are relatively rare in the Comoros" (page 61). "As one would expect, the proportion of women who don't want any more children increases with the number of living children: it increases from less than 1% of women without any children to 15% of women who have 3 and reaches 54% among women who have at least 6 living children. The women who don't want any more children have, in principle, attained their desired posterity. . . We observe that 98% of childless women want a child, and the majority of these women (48%) want one within the next two years . . ....more
May 31, 2018, 2:35 p.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Around two in three currently married women age 15 to 49 want to have another child. Twenty-two percent want to have that child soon, while 42% would like to wait at least 2 years before adding another child to their family. Most other women want to limit childbearing, that is, they do not want to have any more children (26%) or are sterilised (3%). Overall, women are slightly more likely than men to want to limit childbearing (22%). The likelihood of not wanting more children increases with the number of children the woman already has. Among currently married women with two living children, 11% want no more children or are...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Around two in three currently married women age 15 to 49 want to have another child. Twenty-two percent want to have that child soon, while 42% would like to wait at least 2 years before adding another child to their family. Most other women want to limit childbearing, that is, they do not want to have any more children (26%) or are sterilised (3%). Overall, women are slightly more likely than men to want to limit childbearing (22%). The likelihood of not wanting more children increases with the number of children the woman already has. Among currently married women with two living children, 11% want no more children or are...more
Feb. 14, 2018, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"On May 27th, 2015, the Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin announced a national ‘Piano per la fertilità’ (Fertility Plan). The main goal of the Plan is 'placing Fertility at the centre in our country’s health and educational policies'. Unlike the Anti-Violence Plan (sse paras. 1.3 and 1.4 of this report), for its implementation the Fertility Plan received the conspicuous sum of €150,000. Such policy is directly discriminatory, as the Government is devoting a more intense effort, in terms of advertising and funding, to incentive the maternal role of women, instead than tackling the prejudices relating to the traditional role of women within the society and eradicate domestic and witnessed violence....more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"On May 27th, 2015, the Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin announced a national ‘Piano per la fertilità’ (Fertility Plan). The main goal of the Plan is 'placing Fertility at the centre in our country’s health and educational policies'. Unlike the Anti-Violence Plan (sse paras. 1.3 and 1.4 of this report), for its implementation the Fertility Plan received the conspicuous sum of €150,000. Such policy is directly discriminatory, as the Government is devoting a more intense effort, in terms of advertising and funding, to incentive the maternal role of women, instead than tackling the prejudices relating to the traditional role of women within the society and eradicate domestic and witnessed violence....more
Oct. 4, 2017, 7:02 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Like many women, I always thought that after university and finding some financial stability, I would marry and have children. I guess the fact that I grew up in a progressive and supportive family made me forget that the experiences of Afghan women are unlike those of many women around the world. I forgot, for a second, that as a woman unless you can have children, your education, career, and marriage are considered meaningless. I was not prepared for feeling that in the eyes of my community, my only worth as a woman is to bear children in the end"(para 2)."Even though I had support from my husband and my...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"Like many women, I always thought that after university and finding some financial stability, I would marry and have children. I guess the fact that I grew up in a progressive and supportive family made me forget that the experiences of Afghan women are unlike those of many women around the world. I forgot, for a second, that as a woman unless you can have children, your education, career, and marriage are considered meaningless. I was not prepared for feeling that in the eyes of my community, my only worth as a woman is to bear children in the end"(para 2)."Even though I had support from my husband and my...more
July 31, 2017, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"The young brides are supposed to have their first child within the first years of marriage" (para 8).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2
"The young brides are supposed to have their first child within the first years of marriage" (para 8).
Feb. 2, 2017, 7:39 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2, BR-DATA-1
"It’s not that women aren’t choosing to pursue careers, sometimes at the expense of family, in ever increasing numbers. The low fertility rate in Japan is primary evidence of that" (para 12).
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2, BR-DATA-1
"It’s not that women aren’t choosing to pursue careers, sometimes at the expense of family, in ever increasing numbers. The low fertility rate in Japan is primary evidence of that" (para 12).