Millions of people around the world cannot have as many children as they want – or, on the contrary, are faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Feedness in Europe and Central Asia: a crisis of choice, not numbers UN In many countries of Europe and Central Asia, today there is a rapid decrease in the birth rate, aging of the population and the outflow of youth. In response, there are calls to increase the birth rate and demographic stimuli. However, as emphasized in the report of the UN Foundation in the field of population (UNFPA) “Population of the world” of 2025, a different, much more fundamental crisis is a more fundamental crisis – a crisis of reproductive freedom. 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 >
ЮНФПА утверждает: миллионы людей по всему миру не могут иметь столько детей, сколько хотят – или, напротив, сталкиваются с незапланированной беременностью.
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Yunfpa and the research company YouGov conducted a survey of more than 14 thousand people from 14 countries, including Hungary and Germany. The results indicate serious discrepancies between the desired and achieved: about a third of the respondents (32 percent) faced an unplanned pregnancy, and almost a quarter (23 percent) – with the inability to give birth at the desired time. At the same time, 31 percent of adults over 50 was reported that they had fewer children than they would like to have.
60 > most common obstacle to the birth of children – & nbsp; They were noted by 39 percent of respondents. Other reasons: the absence of suitable housing (19 percent), employment instability (21 percent) and fear of the future – wars, pandemia, environmental disasters (19 percent). > 62 ~The problems in relations are also significant: 14 percent of the respondents reported that the absence of a partner did not allow them to give birth to as many children as they would like. In addition, 10 percent noted the weak involvement of the partner in education and household duties. This factor was more often called women (13 percent) than men (8 percent). 60 ~ h2 > economic barriers 60 > decrease in birth rate among young women, including the countries of the Eastern Europe, where the country of eastern Europe was recorded in the 1990s. The decline in the birth rate associated with the delay of motherhood. However, the childbearing later does not always compensate for losses-for this a stable socio-economic base and an effective family policy are needed. ~ 60 > report that the birth rate began in the 20th century and continues everywhere, including the countries of Asia and Eastern Europe. This process is not a surprise, but the result of long -term trends that the states could foresee, but did not prevent. For example, although Kazakhstan, like other countries of Central Asia, while retaining the birth rate above average, the speaker is already going down. According to the report, economic barriers are recognized as the main reasons why families cannot realize their reproductive aspirations. In many countries, for example, in Moldova and Ukraine, especially after the 1990s, the decline in fertility was accompanied by emigration, an economic decline and instability. People did not abandon children of their own free will – they were repelled from this by the lack of conditions. However, successful initiatives are already appearing in the region. In Moldova, the Panilino bakery introduced a family-oriented policy: a flexible work schedule and a daily care center for children. This allowed an employee of Anastasia Aslan to decide to the birth of a fourth child is an example of how the support of parents in the labor environment can affect demographic decisions. The management notes that after the introduction of such measures, the traffic time fluidity was reduced to zero, and the productivity increased. ~ 60 > demography is not just numbers authors of the report emphasize: the focus on birth statistics often take attention from often attention The main thing is from people and their rights. Today’s birth rate is not “few children”, but “little freedom”. People have no conditions to build families the way they want. reproductive freedom, as emphasized in the report, means the ability to independently and consciously make decisions about childbearing. This requires not only access to contraception or clinics, but also economic stability, gender equality, high -quality social services and confidence in the future. ~ 60 >~ 60 > investment in rights ~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~The report calls to abandon demographic panicism and return to the basics: ask people what they want – and create the conditions in which they can achieve this. ~ 60 > 60 > for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, this means not just the expansion of payments or the incentives of large families, but a deep system reform, focused on the protection of rights and the protection real needs. This includes stable investment in reproductive health, affordable housing, employment, fair distribution of duties in the family and protection from violence and discrimination. ~ 60 > “The real birth crisis is that millions of people cannot realize their desires – not because there are no children, because there are no children. They can afford this, ”the report says. 60 ~ p >“ Before I bring the child to this world, I will have to fight for the right to do this on my own conditions – for same -sex motherhood, for the rights of adoption and recognition of parental rights in the country where I come from. Because it is not only my battle. This is the struggle of billions of young people who have trapped systems that deprive them of their rights and dignity that they deserve, ”says the 26-year-old novel from Azerbaijan. ~ 60 >~ 60 > Yunfpa emphasizes: it is recognition and ensuring the reproductive autonomy of people, regardless of their age, gender, marital status or country of residence, marital status or country – the key to demographic stability and fair future.